spring up
phrasal verb
sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up
: to grow or appear suddenly
The weeds sprang up overnight.
New housing developments are springing up all over the state.
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The kids got bored with it in nanoseconds, but word got out in the blue jay community that a peanut paradise had sprung up in our yard and to come on over!
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
By Friday morning, a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and roses had sprung up outside of a ground-level apartment neighbors said was associated with the man who was killed.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Postyshev’s idea spread like a wildfire in reverse—trees sprang up across the Soviet Union.
—Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
By Friday morning, a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and roses had sprung up outside of a ground-level apartment neighbors said was associated with the man who was killed.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Postyshev’s idea spread like a wildfire in reverse—trees sprang up across the Soviet Union.
—Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spring up
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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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