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come across

verb as in encounter, find

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“What I extrapolated was this sort of relentless optimism that comes across in their voice. There’s nothing ever wrong and everything is solvable.”

She told the BBC how she came across the crash scene by chance while returning from a hospital appointment.

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She says she struggled with how to honor his decision and guard his privacy while also making sure that it didn’t come across like he didn’t exist in her life.

Robinson always came across as a guy you wished your father-in-law would or could be like.

The inquest also heard that Mr Morris's pregnant wife, Samantha, came across the scene of the crash while returning from a hospital appointment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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