come across
Example Sentences
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Lally said the weekend's fly-tipping was "one of the worst examples that we have come across", but it was not unusual to find discarded BBQs, beer cans and rotting food.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I’ve come across at least one venture capital investor comparing this moment for those categories to what we saw with software investment in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Workers clearing silt from the flood-struck region say they occasionally come across personal belongings, including gold jewellery.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lola tags along and together they come across a series of people who expand their worldview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Every now and then you might come across a doer of bad deeds serving time in the stocks, but that was generally as exciting as it got.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
