make an appearance
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French DJ and producer David Guetta returns to the desert in Indio, and David Byrne, the legendary co-founder of Talking Heads, will make an appearance.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
And all eyes are on whether Kim's daughter, Ju Ae, will make an appearance.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
It might be a good game for USC coach Lincoln Riley to make an appearance since there are seven future Trojans participating.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
Some have drawn a straight line from the collapse that day to the global Depression, the rise of the Nazis and the outbreak of World War II, in which Churchill would again make an appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Light verbs such as make, do, have, bring, put, and take often do nothing but create a slot for a zombie noun, as in make an appearance and put on a performance.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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