Come
Come verb - To move closer to.
Tend
Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Other worldbuilding items, like "goblin wars" mentioned in history books, or the idea that Hogwarts itself will give help to those who need it, tend to come back in a big way later on.
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They tend to come down on him like a ton of bricks instead of the other bad guys.
Source: Video Game / Watch_Dogs - As they come from the same planet as the Mon Calamari (Admiral Ackbar's people), their people always tend to come off as the more "evil" of the two.
Source: Planet of Copyhats
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