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come

Definition for come

verb as in happen

Strongest matches

break, develop, fall, occur, take place

Strong matches

befall, betide, chance, hap, transpire

Weak matches

come to pass, turn out

verb as in extend, reach

Strongest matches

become, develop, get, go, grow, join, run, turn

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"During his Masters in Palaeobiology at Bristol, Jacob realized that many fossils previously assigned to the small marine reptile Pachystropheus actually came from coelacanth fishes," explains Professor Mike Benton, one of Quinn's supervisors.

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Saturday, of course, will come under entirely different circumstances, in what will be the first seventh game in a World Series since 2019.

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“I was coming in full speed so I didn’t want to really throw hard, because I was probably going to throw it over his head,” Hernández said.

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Before the final interception — which came with 1:34 remaining in the game — St. John Bosco was driving.

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It was only ever going to be a matter of time before the Premier League came calling and, at first sight, Arsenal and Emery looked like a marriage made in heaven.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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