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McClain wasn’t a big talker, but came across as confident and knowledgeable about livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He continued to descend alone for what he estimated to be about 50-100m before he came across another member of their group, a "Polish climber with no oxygen, battling fairly severe frostbite".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"I first came across him as a forward here when I was a player and he was a finisher," Naismith says.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than a golf ball.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Like just the other day, when we came across another tenant’s castoffs.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan



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