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come upon

VERB
happen upon
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“It is from contrary opinions,” Mr. Brown writes, “that we often come upon insight, balance, and unexpected perspective.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

So many people talk about how you wait for inspiration to come upon you: You wake up on a sunny day, you open the window and you’re like, “Oh, my God, I got it!”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

He added that he has "an awful lot of sympathy for the staff members who would have had to come upon that scene and how distressing that must have been".

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

Keep in mind: These lessons can apply to almost anybody who has come upon a significant sum — say, through an inheritance or by selling a business.

From MarketWatch Nov. 12, 2025

Hay a naiya yana, I have come upon it, I have come upon blessing People, my relatives, I have come upon blessing People, my relatives, blessed .

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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