came across
Example Sentences
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But the day I came across one, it gave me my own story to tell rather than repeating a legend everyone already knows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was then that they first came across what would become Little Woody Creek Ranch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
When 10th Street Entertainment’s merchandising director Ian Dietrich came across fanmade clothing with the Papa Roach lyric “Cut my life into pieces,” he didn’t try to take the shop down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
By the time Det Con Ryan came across it, it was partially obscured by overgrown hedges and long grass.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“So you truly were reading that book when I came across you in the library.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
