come about
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But - from young people on the streets of Dublin to those in Ireland's Jewish community - what does the Eurovision boycott mean and why did it come about?
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Ironically, arbitration has come about ostensibly through willing agreement.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
The next leg lower could come about when the markets get a sense of just how many tankers are passing through the strait, he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Chinese exports to 20 Japanese companies will require a certification process, Beijing announced, with details to come about what that process is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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