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as in to visit
to make a brief visit
come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale
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as in to win
to receive as return for effort
a literary award like that isn't easy to come by
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Free drinks are much harder to come by than in the past, especially for sports other than horse racing, and often require substantial bets just to get a free drink ticket, which is often good only for domestic beer or a well drink.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
By the numbers: Data on the board composition of the more than 3,000 Nasdaq firms is hard to come by.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
The funds would come by amending two tax incremental financing districts, with the revenue generated by property taxes from downtown and Historic Third Ward commercial developments.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
This one was a great size (nine of us, not so many that dinner reservations were impossible to come by), and in a prime destination.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
By the numbers: Data on the board composition of the more than 3,000 Nasdaq firms is hard to come by.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
The funds would come by amending two tax incremental financing districts, with the revenue generated by property taxes from downtown and Historic Third Ward commercial developments.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
This one was a great size (nine of us, not so many that dinner reservations were impossible to come by), and in a prime destination.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
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For more recipes and health information, visit henryford.com/blog.Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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As millions make preparations to travel for the holiday, knowledge of what conditions to expect while driving to visit friends and family also makes planning easier.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Brown was the most successful among them, winning NBA Coach of the Year in 2022-23 after helping the Kings break an NBA-record 16-year playoff drought.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024
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The initial episodes caught up with him three years after winning the games featured in Season 1, now using his money and resources to find the Recruiter (Gong Yoo).Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
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Blue joined her for a flawlessly synchronized routine, reminding everyone that talent runs in this family.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Dec. 2024
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However, stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane stood up to be counted in Kohli's absence, scoring 112 in the first innings and hitting the winning run in the second knock.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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This year’s show also featured a reunion of Steel Train, the band Antonoff earned his chops with in the early ‘00s, performing together for the first time in a decade.Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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By the turn of the century, Hiller writes, these domestic workers headed elsewhere to earn their wages, leaving the housewives to tend to kitchen affairs.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of the deal, the company will gain the exclusive global license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Chinese drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co.’s HS-10535, an experimental oral drug that targets the receptors for GLP-1, Merck said in a statement Wednesday.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
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Large companies gain resilience and flexibility, while MSMEs build know-how, human capital, and market access.Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Let the wash sit on your skin for an extra minute to really reap its skin-nourishing benefits.Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the course of the past few years, corporations have learned to gamify the system in order to reap payments from the government, while simultaneously making necessary care more expensive for patients.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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Elko’s not the type to get excited about early October standings.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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The video showed that the girl tried to get Witcher's attention to go to the bathroom but when Witcher finally checked on her two hours later, the child had urinated on herself, the document said.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Dec. 2024
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Johnson will charge just under $2.1 million to the Pacers salary ledger if his contract becomes fully guaranteed, and the Pacers have until early January to make that decision.Tony East, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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What's New Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine heads into the New Year after 12 months in which Moscow made territorial gains and Kyiv opened a new front in Russia's Kursk region.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Come by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20by. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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