The phrase "came up missing" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use it to refer to something or someone that has gone missing suddenly or unexpectedly. Example: "The keys to the office came up missing yesterday and we couldn't unlock the door this morning."
Likewise, though it suffered no damage during the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in 2003, a number of artifacts that had been excavated there came up missing when the National Museum of Iraq was plundered in the chaos that followed the invasion.
"The rods were on the map we did of the pool in May 1980, but they came up missing in September 1980," says a Millstone spokesperson.
When some of these coins came up missing, that didn't help, as did records presented by his partner in court proving that some of the coins never existed.
He never got them taken care of and when he came up missing, they made it sound like he was running from the law.
"The news that those girls were found so close to where they came up missing leads me to believe that there's a possible chance she's till in New Orleans," Enclade said.
Retired General Stanley McChrystal, the wide-net, pinpoint action leader of the NATO-led Inthenatimeal Security Assistance Fofce at the time of Bergdahl's kidnapping, defended the military's response: "After [Bergdahl] came up missing, we did a huge number of operations to stop the Taliban from being able to move him across the border," he said in a June 4 interview with Yahoo News.
They keep a running tally of reporters, media assistants, and camera staff who have come up missing since the beginning of the year.
See what comes up missing next as "The Finder" continues Thursday nights at 9 p.m. EST on Fox.
"My daughter was almost abducted … and I don't want us to think that all of these kids coming up missing are running away, and nobody on this panel addressed that". .
