Come out
Come out verb - To come into view.
Usage example: come out, come out wherever you are!
Surface
Surface verb - To come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly.
Usage example: no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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When Bethrezen sends his Legions of Doom to the surface of Nevendaar, they happen to come out in the elven forests, sending the elves on a massed exodus to the lands of the Mountain Clans.
Source: Mad God -
Riza Hawkeye, to the degree that it transforms her personality from a sweet, idealistic girl into a cold and emotionless soldier (at least on the surface), with self-destructive/suicidal tendencies that come out when she's under pressure.
Source: Shell-Shocked Veteran -
She slowly starts to come out of her shell and become more well-adjusted as she spends time with Ryouji, but her problems occasionally bubble to the surface, especially when she sees things that remind her of her situation.
Source: Manga / The Hating Girl
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