come across

Example Sentences

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"They are at each other's throats and it's boiling over, which is not a good look. Even the manager has come across too," Dublin said.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

"It's only when you start thinking 'what's in this drawer', that sometimes you come across something and you think, 'Ah, this looks interesting'," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 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

It is in fact the first glacial feature northbound hikers come across.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson