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coming up on

VERB

happen upon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bump into come across

WEAK

chance encounter meet

Example Sentences

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A new round of elections is coming up on May 31, with potential runoffs in June.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

"He really wanted me to do this challenge which is coming up on Friday," he added in an Instagram post.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I’ve got football games to watch — the national college championship is coming up on Jan. 19 and the Super Bowl isn’t far behind.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Luckily, only a few minutes into the interview, the singer born Tahliah Debrett Barnett spotted a familiar matcha spot coming up on her route.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

A 4 coming up on two of the three dice can happen in three different and mutually exclusive ways: X44, 4X4, or 44X, the X indicating a non-4.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos