come and go
Example Sentences
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"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team-mates come and go but not like this," Salah posted last summer.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Fad budgeting methods with cute names come and go: zero-based, 50/30/20, envelope, and so forth.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
At a dusty lot an hour outside Beijing, a steady stream of vehicles come and go for a quick battery charge -- just one node in China's rapidly expanding network of electric trucks.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
After all, presidents here come and go, often led away in handcuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
It was interesting to see the teachers come and go, talking about what they would have for lunch or what they had done the night before just as if they were normal people.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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