make an appearance
idiom
: to go to an event, gathering, etc., usually for a short period of time
The candidate made an appearance at the rally.
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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will also make an appearance to recognize the village for being the first outside the city to embrace Black history programming accessible for the whole community, Montgomery said.
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Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
President Biden did not make an appearance at his son's trial, but first lady Jill Biden was a fixture at the hearings and walked out of the courthouse hand-in-hand with Hunter Biden after the guilty verdict was announced.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 June 2024
Orcas and porpoises make an appearance in the Nemuro Strait starting in April.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
There’s also the fact that these games are releasing a week before Summer Game Fest with Geoff Keighley posting about the game possibly suggesting Kingdom Hearts IV might make an appearance.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
President Biden did not make an appearance at his son's trial, but first lady Jill Biden was a fixture at the hearings and walked out of the courthouse hand-in-hand with Hunter Biden after the guilty verdict was announced.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 11 June 2024
Orcas and porpoises make an appearance in the Nemuro Strait starting in April.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
There’s also the fact that these games are releasing a week before Summer Game Fest with Geoff Keighley posting about the game possibly suggesting Kingdom Hearts IV might make an appearance.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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