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With “Digger,” Iñárritu commands — to quote “Real Housewives of New York” alum Kelly Bensimon — “You come up to me; I don’t go down to you.”
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
"People will come up to us at conferences and state that you can't target the mitochondria because they're too important," said Gibson.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Normally when I film the white sharks around humans, they will come up to a human, figure out it’s a human and then leave,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Parents often come up to Pearce after shows saying that they wish they had thought of the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Harry reached down to pet the little white and brown, beagle-y-eared-looking dog that’d come up to sniff her leg.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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