as in to find
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
happened on the filming of a movie
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McNeeley gave UConn its first lead since the score was 2-0 with a pair of free throws, and Ball found Reed again for a two-handed slam that put the Huskies up four with 1:11 to go.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025 -
ZiPS, a popular player projection model found on FanGraphs, predicts Goldschmidt will hit .250/.325/.437 with 23 homers, 81 RBI, a 116 wRC+ and 2.2 WAR in 2025.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Strange then skipped across the multiverse and even encountered other versions of himself in a movie pointedly titled Multiverse of Madness.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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Sofia encounters Ingrid, glowingly Germanic and glamorous, riding a horse along the wet sand.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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The siblings come across a dollar bill of unfamiliar denomination frozen in a patch of ice.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
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His harping on this point could come across as doctrinaire.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Happen (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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