come up to
Example Sentences
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"People will come up to us at conferences and state that you can't target the mitochondria because they're too important," said Gibson.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Normally when I film the white sharks around humans, they will come up to a human, figure out it’s a human and then leave,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Parents often come up to Pearce after shows saying that they wish they had thought of the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
While people can simply come up to the till and ask to use the funds, they've also come up with a more discreet method.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I just—I left them,” I told her, and it didn’t matter that my voice was breaking, or that my hands had come up to clutch my elbows to keep from grabbing her.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
