come by

Example Sentences

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Tickets in Dubai, London and Mexico City were harder to come by than a double-yolk egg.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“If you have something that’s a gas guzzler and you want to save some gas, come by Mazda.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Land, skilled construction crews, and power are becoming harder to come by.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Outside of Summers’ voluntary resignations, consequences for American politicians who appear in the Epstein files have been hard to come by.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Photos of his father were impossible to come by; Boaz had to rely on Hila’s descriptions of him, but he had committed every single detail she told him to memory.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny