come and go

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Many of these had been on long enough to be considered institutions, and though hosts would come and go, they would typically occupy their chair for a good long time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Fad budgeting methods with cute names come and go: zero-based, 50/30/20, envelope, and so forth.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

"He has huge experience and given everything you can possibly give. But it's football. Players come and go."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In Fiorito, neighbors come and go to "Diego's house," as they call it, lugging containers which volunteers fill with chicken stew or other meals cooked in giant cauldrons in the yard.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

There would be candles burning, we would watch each other’s faces come and go in the flickering, in the white flashes of jagged light from outside the windows.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood