came about

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The comments came about three months after the president deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles as large crowds protested widespread, aggressive immigration raids in the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Perhaps this kind of model might also apply to other parts of Europe where we lack evidence for how the increased hunter-gatherer ancestry in the later Neolithic came about.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

She said the new technique came about through a shift in how chipmaking has historically been conceptualised.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Richardson said the building, originally a 'Swiss Cottage' came about after the whole site was bought by "a Liverpool businessman named John Astley Marsden".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

I will explain this poster a little later in this letter because I imagine you are interested in knowing how this bold, dedicated lecture came about.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole