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
The air strikes came about half an hour later.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
But dancing was the chief action at those “pad parties,” so I’ve no doubt about how and why my initiation into lindy-hopping came about.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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