arrived

Example Sentences

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San Antonio arrived in a city ready to explode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When Awosika went to the building the following day, she realised the scale of the problem and described how group after group arrived, all expecting to collect keys for the same property.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It can’t, because the institutions that might anchor it—codified term limits, intraparty democracy, collective leadership norms—were either never established or were already hollowed out before he arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Omar Artan was set to be the first match official from Somalia to referee at a World Cup finals, but he was turned back when he arrived at Miami International Airport on Saturday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

There were two men when Aunt Tess and I first arrived, clean-shaven and gawky, but they left and all the other attendees are women.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse