come across

Example Sentences

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"I come across auctions like this every single day, and the vast majority are taking place online," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

The giant bowl holds in the atmosphere well, but you have to get in first and that is not helped by possibly the most inadequate signage I have ever come across at a World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

If Ms. Orton sang like her 19-year-old self, had the songs been tight constructions manicured by a hired-gun songwriter, had her insights felt unearned, such a declaration could have come across as trite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

And yet, every Christmas when we open up the storage tub containing decorations, we come across a plastic bag full of Forky-like holiday creations our kids made in school.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

“Oh, big surprise. Maddie’s running away! That’s your MO anytime you come across something you don’t know how to handle.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon