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comes across



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Eckert is quite a unique personality, someone that comes across as a very different person to the likes of previous Saints managers Still and Russell Martin.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Parsons comes across as a hyperintelligent, mature soul, one who happens to be doing press for a potential summer blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

And indeed, everyone here comes across as a character.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But so many better horror features have been constructed along the same lines—“X,” “House of 1000 Corpses”— that this one comes across as merely a tedious also-ran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This smile slowly comes across her face and starts to fill it.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt



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