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come true

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  1. Happen as predicted, be realized or fulfilled, as in Her marriage is my fondest dream come true. [Early 1800s]


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Sometimes you have to go where others won’t, to that place of “stupid and crazy” to make a dream come true.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

While all the details of the Greenland deal are not public yet, Trump has said it is a “dream come true for the United States of America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

When that wish starts to come true, his life takes a turn for the macabre.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Tonight will be an epic semi-final and I am looking forward to watching it. Hopefully I can not make their American dream come true."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

I watched them get smaller and smaller, and then disappear like two little wishes that wouldn’t come true.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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