come up to
Example Sentences
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People come up to me, even if they don’t know I work in politics, and they want to talk politics.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Personally, I hate it when people come up to me and say, “Did Michael Jackson really do all those things?”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Agnew jokes: "People come up to me and sing my song at me. That's lovely and I wouldn't change that for the world, but it doesn't go away."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Low End Theory at the Airliner — I’d be hanging out with Flying Lotus or Tyler would drop an album and come up to perform.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Standing beside the frock-coated men, Turner shivered with the sea breeze that had come up to him and circled his feet.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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