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coming

[kuhm-ing] / ˈkʌm ɪŋ /




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While the weather painted a chaotic picture, stories from Malibu residents were of neighbors coming together as a community in a way only the specter of disaster could prompt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

But the changes still aren’t coming fast enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the coming weeks, the team plans to test the coronagraph's ability to block unwanted light, an essential capability for observing faint objects near much brighter ones.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Lord Ricketts told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that ministers had to warn British people about what might be coming.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

We agreed that it would be risky for me to keep coming to his house each month.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Even with another few comings and goings they're still the most settled side in the country - and the most proven.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Sitting on the porch of a state-run grocery store in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Joaquin Velazquez watches the comings and goings at the private mini-market next door.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Jazz Island” names nine characters, plus four secondary ones, whose individual comings and goings sometimes distract from those of the others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Meyer owns and operates the Record, managing a staff of only seven that reports on the comings and goings of the city of Marion’s 1,900 or so residents.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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