came up

Example Sentences

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And we were scheduled to shoot that much later, but it came up the —

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But he said "you won't believe it mum - the poem you wrote about me came up in the paper".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

When she came up for reelection, her primary opponent latched onto her record.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

"It's high time we came up with a strategy," Laurence Debrincat of the Paris regional transport authority said last month, pushing for the suburban-and-rural approach.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Christopher was self-conscious in his new clothes—black trousers, a wine-colored jumper, and new boots that came up past his ankles—but they were finer than any he’d had before.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell