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come about

verb

  1. to take place; happen
  2. nautical to change tacks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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That tariff came about due to a battle between the US and the EU over subsidies for plane makers Airbus and its American rival Boeing, a dispute that was settled in 2021.

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They added they would be sharing their concerns with the Charity Commission "as to how this came about".

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Tom Hiddleston will be back as God of Mischief Loki, Thor’s brother, in a twist that came about 3 hours and 45 minutes into the livestream.

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There’s another kind of mobility that comes about involuntarily — a result of foreclosure, eviction, or housing insecurity.

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They would, they added, be "sharing all of our concerns with the Charity Commission as to how this came about".

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