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comes up

VERB

happen suddenly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arise crop up occur rise turn up

WEAK

spring up

Example Sentences

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"Unless somebody comes up with a better idea, at the minute anything's better than that."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

She comes up with a superior punch line, one worth delivering to an audience.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

So if I’m once again trying to speak to things from a universal perspective as best I can, I think it’s something that that definitely comes up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A question often comes up among former federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, where Blanche cut his teeth in the Justice Department: “What happened to Todd?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Mama comes up behind me, draping her hijab quickly around her head.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan