on the scene

idiom

—used to say that someone or something is or has become an important part of a situation, activity, etc.

She was lonely for a while, but now there's a new boyfriend on the scene.

a popular singer who first burst on the scene last year

Our lives have changed a lot since computers have come/appeared on the scene.

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First responders pronounced one of the boys dead on the scene. —

Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Dec. 2024 Arkansas State Police assisted on the scene with traffic control, Holte said. —

Chris Swindle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024 The driver was pronounced dead on the scene while a passenger was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition, the report stated. —

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024 Crews arrived on the scene after hiking two miles on the trail and quickly assessed the steep drop-off where Sbarge had fallen. —

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