come to life
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"I've dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I'm gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Now it's like he's actually come to life to haunt me."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Scott was already unmistakably a visual stylist — these misty landscapes and candlelit interiors often look like paintings come to life — but he also seems keenly aware of the absurdity of it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It’s … come to life, die, come back to life, and died. Now our whole discography seems to be in a ‘high tide lifts all ships’ moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He’d come to life again suddenly and spoke so fast in Kikongo I couldn’t think how to understand.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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