come up to
Example Sentences
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"When someone comes up whose heart is hurting, we can get them to smile, and children are able to come up to our dogs and pet them," she said.
From Barron's • Jul. 5, 2026
He says people come up to him all the time with their suggestions, from the streets of New York City to fish counters in Danbury, CT.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026
He’d enlisted a group called Samaritan’s Purse to come up to his lot, where he’d found a metal flat file he’d used to store his photographic prints.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
Personally, I hate it when people come up to me and say, “Did Michael Jackson really do all those things?”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Nanabozho waited and waited a long time for Muskrat to come up to the top of the water.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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