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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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Some 90% of all Christmas decorations hung around American homes come from Yiwu in China, where sellers, surrounded by signs wishing the world "Feliz Navidad" told us they're now trying to focus on sales to South America.

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For months, the White House has been pushing countries around the world to take migrants who come from countries that don’t always accept deportation flights from the U.S.

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"I'm there to win for England. That's what makes me feel uncomfortable, this narrative that we don't care. It hurts when we get beat. The quotes that come from the team sometimes, we can definitely improve that, because it doesn't then come across about how people are truly feeling."

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A forensic botanist, Dr Mark Spencer, examined the picture of the wedge of wood in Mr Graham's car, which prosecutors said the pair had taken as a "trophy", and concluded there was "very strong evidence" it had come from the tree with no other possible source identified, the court heard.

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There'd be evidence that she lied to investigators about the source of the mushrooms in the dish - saying they'd come from an Asian grocery in Melbourne and she'd never foraged wild ones.

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