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come by

verb as in acquire

verb as in visit someone

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Women say that unlike menstruation and pregnancy, guidance from doctors about menopause can be hard to come by, so they often struggle to find the source of their ailments.

“It’s a really interesting time in nightlife now, where people are afraid to spend money and jobs are hard to come by,” said Mo Faulk of Honey’s at Star Love.

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Persaud says many of his students hope to rent a car overseas, where automatics are sometimes harder to come by, or have significant others who own stick shifts but lack “the patience to teach them.”

But some of the water it was consuming came by truck from Hampshire, which was.

The presidency said late Wednesday that Macron would name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, indicating the appointment would come by Friday evening at the latest.

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