as in to find
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
while we were out on a drive in the country, we tumbled upon a farm stand selling the best peaches I've ever tasted
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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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This game is the second time the Chiefs and Eagles have met in the Super Bowl in the last three years and could mark a third consecutive championship for the Chiefs.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Ewan met her at a children's shelter while filming a TV show in 2004 and has since spoken about her adoption in his 2020 Apple TV+ docuseries, Long Way Up.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
8 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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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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