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came forward

VERB

volunteer services

Synonyms

WEAK

appear make proposal offer services present oneself proffer oneself

Example Sentences

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There is also a focus on the way the police conducted their relations with Muirhead after she came forward to report a crime.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“The customer was just providing details when her husband came forward and grabbed the mobile phone started argument and cut the call,” a worker had scrawled in looped letters on a preprinted form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

On Monday, police announced Nichols faces an additional charge after a witness came forward to report a separate encounter involving their child on April 5, two days before the break-in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The signs are anonymous, attributed only to the "Talking Tree Collective", leaving their author a mystery until Niovi came forward.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Her suitcase was considerably larger than Eleanor’s, and considerably more luxurious, and Eleanor came forward to help her, glad that her own things were safely put away out of sight.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson