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come from

verb

  1. to be or have been a resident or native (of)

    Ernst comes from Geneva

  2. to originate from or derive from

    the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate

    chocolate comes from the cacao tree

  3. where someone is coming from informal.
    the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments

    I can understand where you're coming from

“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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Flights were paid for the women to come from Romania between 2016 to 2019, with those involved subsequently met at airports.

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In the video, which he subsequently apologised for, he said the claims against him had come from "a handful of middle-class women of a certain age".

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"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"

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She said the money would come from the subsidies already given to some of the country's public universities and the money allocated to the student financial assistance fund.

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"I work as a volunteer for homeless people and every time I try to stop, something pulls me back. Why? Because I lived like them for three months, because I come from poverty too. It's not hard for me to feel close to them," she said.

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