How to Use come in/into contact with in a Sentence

come in/into contact with

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  • Clean and sanitize items or surfaces that have come in contact with raw foods or waste.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
  • In addition to electricity outages, downed lines cause wildfires when live wires come in contact with vegetation.
    — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Use this setting to sanitize baby bottles, cutting boards, or other cookware that has come into contact with contaminants, such as raw chicken.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The hairs stay in the air and stick to whatever may come in contact with them.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Bear in mind that your clothes will come in contact with tree sap.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • And, per the CDC, make sure to wash items and surfaces that may have come into contact with it.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 17 June 2024
  • It can also be spread in water droplets then come in contact with eyes, the nose or mouth.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • Your drink won’t come in contact with the lead solder, which is underneath the cup.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Just note that they’re not meant to come into contact with water.
    — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The good news is that fruit that has come in contact with fruit flies can be eaten if it's properly cleaned.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Throw away any food that has come into contact with dirty flood water.
    — Hannah Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This cologne will leave a lasting impression on those who come in contact with you.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • It may also be found in oats and other grains that come in contact with or are made from wheat, barley, or rye.
    — Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Be sure to wash any area of your body that may have come into contact with poison sumac, as well as clothing and shoes.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 3 July 2024
  • Anybody who’s come in contact with him knows how real his faith in Jesus was.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Funnel clouds are different from tornadoes in that tornadoes come in contact with both the base of the cloud and the ground at the same time.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • One by one, the members of this clan come into contact with Magdalena.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • The zone refers to actors and other workers on set, plus those who come in contact with actors — like makeup artists.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 May 2022
  • Take care not to allow water to come into contact with the leaves or they may become spotted.
    — Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • At this time, it has not been determined where the employees may have come in contact with the bacteria.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the scene in which Adam’s ghostly parents come into contact with the world outside the house offers one of the year’s best coups de cinéma.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2024
  • An animal, for example, could come into contact with a pathogen in the soil.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Wash any items that have come into contact with raw poultry or its juices in the dishwasher or with hot, soapy water.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But Take Note: There’s no silverware cover, so the fork and spoon may come into contact with other items.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
  • Trump was spotted Monday evening with a bandage over his right ear — the ear that was grazed by the one bullet that managed to come into contact with him.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
  • Wash any surfaces and containers that have come in contact with onions with hot soapy water or in the dishwasher.
    — Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2021
  • If your raw turkey or its juices do come in contact with items in your kitchen, make sure to promptly clean and sanitize those areas.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Foster explained that scent first has to come into contact with a receptor in your nose.
    — Carla Delgado, Verywell Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Homeowners usually come into contact with one of two types of moths: pantry moths and clothes moths.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
  • At the same time, the total amount of edge around those deforested patches — the places where people are most likely to come in contact with wildlife — is at its peak.
    — Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023

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