Inventors Gene Fein of California and Ed Merritt of Massachusetts came up with the idea.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Children's writer Edward Stratemeyer came up with the idea of Nancy Drew in nineteen twenty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

When I wrote 'blue cathedral' there is a huge English horn solo in the middle of it, and that's actually the first idea I came up with."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

While they agree on E.U.membership, he says,none of the candidates came up with a clear and passionate vision for Croatia's economic recovery."

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

They came up with five different types of bottled teas they marketed as "Honest Tea."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

"And on that fateful trip from New York to Hollywood, Walt came up with the idea of using a mouse for his next cartoon character.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

if western nations came up with a "concrete proposal" to submit to Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

They were tribal members who came up with an unbreakable code in their complex language that was adopted by American forces in the Pacific during World War II and used to confound the Japanese.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

We came up with a back story between the two of us about what things had gone on in the past and why she was so dedicated to him, so loyal and hurt for him so badly."

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

Soon the Captain came up the path to our house, his face red with excitement.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

They put up fences. Cowboys came up from Texas with huge groups of cattle.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

President Obama's first public comments on the dramatic developments in Kabul came as he wrapped up a meeting at the White House with the Prime Minister of Sweden.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02