crop up
verb
cropped up; cropping up; crops up
: to come or appear when not expected
New problems crop up every day.
His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.
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LeetCode is a training platform for the kind of algorithmic riddles that usually crop up in interviews for big tech companies.
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Other counties Calls for data center moratoriums have cropped up in other county commission meetings across the state, and in state legislative committee hearings.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
Skinny sneakers marry functionality and fashion, cropping up on runways and busy city dwellers alike.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
The thoughts cropped up in high school and college.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Other counties Calls for data center moratoriums have cropped up in other county commission meetings across the state, and in state legislative committee hearings.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
Skinny sneakers marry functionality and fashion, cropping up on runways and busy city dwellers alike.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026
The thoughts cropped up in high school and college.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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