make an appearance
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And the typical holiday boost has yet to make an appearance, Rodriguez said.
From Los Angeles Times
"The suction boots which appear in his first book, The Gremlins, and his last book, Billy and the Minpins, also make an appearance when Sean Connery's Bond is descending into Blofeld's volcano lair," he said.
From BBC
Shea Charles, the 19-year-old Man City midfielder yet to make an appearance for the first team, again showed why he was selected in the Steven Davis role with a display full of composure and calmness that belies the fact he is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League champions.
From BBC
That means he would travel from his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to make an appearance at the New York City courthouse, complete with a formal booking, fingerprints and mug shots.
From BBC
The response from a manager and a bartender toward dinner’s end was to introduce my posse to a Chinese spirit poised to make an appearance on the menu: clear firewater, potent as grappa, poured from a red-and-gold flask into thimble-size shot glasses.
From Washington Post
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