come across

Example Sentences

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I had come across a few Muffler Men before this trip, including Big Josh, who looks down upon Joshua Tree from the Station gift shop on State Route 62.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

If you’re chronically online like me, you’ve probably come across a slang-suffix that’s become part of the lexicon despite not being formally added to a dictionary — yet.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

“They want to come across as disconnected to it, not committed to it.”

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

One of the most remarkable efforts at evidence synthesis I’ve come across was a Level 7 decision about a vulnerable population of woodland caribou in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

“I have come across so many problems, Stephen, that presented the same alternative. I think all problems do.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov