came across
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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
Eisenhower had an instinct for creating a cooperative spirit and came across as a cheerful and broadminded commander.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
I came across it late in the making of the documentary, but I have footage from 1996 at Mardi Gras in Sydney, this rickety footage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
It was many years later, and far away, when I came across this passage in The Waste-Land:
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
