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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
when do you think they'll come?
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as in to happen
to take place
whatever may come we'll always be together
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5
as in to do
to move forward along a course
how is the remodeling job coming?
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Chicago Public Schools officials had said that at least one immigration officer approached Hamline Elementary School on the city’s Southwest Side late Friday morning, but was not allowed to enter.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025 -
Fire was approaching the facility, home to 45 elderly and disabled patients ranging in age from mid-60s to 103, many of them bedridden, some with dementia.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The next day, a first baseman’s glove arrived in the mail.—
Will Sammon,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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And when Vince Carter, the man of the hour, finally arrived for his jersey retirement news conference, everyone in attendance was treated to a trip down memory lane.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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The policy becomes logical when considering the incubation periods of STDs and how those timelines differ between illnesses.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Brown’s character becomes the leading suspect in an investigation closely overseen by a mysterious character named Sinatra (Nicholson).—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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If you're arrested by ICE in Illinois, what happens next?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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And if that happened again that's unacceptable and the American people have the right to know.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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So, if customers won’t directly tell brands what’s wrong, what can those brands do to remedy the situation?—
Tom Lewis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some say that more and more match-goers have taken to spending the hours before games at the stadium and doing their drinking there, rather than in pubs.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Midway through the third, the Leafs entered the zone on a rush.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Say farewell to the Year of the Wood Dragon because the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, officially beginning when the new moon enters Aquarius at 4:36 a.m.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Commerce Department reported Friday that an inflation reading closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose to 2.6% in December, but the details in the report appeared more positive.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Here, the gardens often appear to be sinking or submerged as rising seas threaten to turn earthly Edens into swampland.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Chicago Sky just got bigger — and a whole lot better from behind the arc — in the first official day of WNBA free agency.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Both Arsenal and Manchester City got the job done in the Champions League in midweek with Arsenal securing automatic progress while City scraped their way through to the play-off places.—
Darren Richman,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Come.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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