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.
Examples of spring up in a Sentence
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Similar programs have been around for years, with new efforts springing up since 2020, spurred by a nationwide movement to redirect law enforcement funding following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Entire towns have sprung up in the jungle around the mining sites.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Digital banks have sprung up across Asia in recent years.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
It’s run mostly by volunteers who are themselves retired, and groups like it are springing up all over Maine, the state with the second-highest percentage of people living in rural areas.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2024
Similar demonstrations have sprung up in pockets across Ireland over the past year, fueled by nativist rhetoric online, a housing shortage and a cost-of-living crisis.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The community that has sprung up around the Fish Doorbell is reminiscent of the interest in a livecam that monitors the nest of California bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Fan pages soon sprung up for each group member, dissecting their hairstyles and outfits as passionately as their singing.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
By The New York Times Rahmatullah Anwari, 30, who used to grow rain-dependent wheat, left his home in Badghis Province in the country’s north for an encampment that has sprung up on the outskirts of Herat, the capital of an adjacent province.
—Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Entire towns have sprung up in the jungle around the mining sites.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Digital banks have sprung up across Asia in recent years.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
It’s run mostly by volunteers who are themselves retired, and groups like it are springing up all over Maine, the state with the second-highest percentage of people living in rural areas.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2024
Similar demonstrations have sprung up in pockets across Ireland over the past year, fueled by nativist rhetoric online, a housing shortage and a cost-of-living crisis.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The community that has sprung up around the Fish Doorbell is reminiscent of the interest in a livecam that monitors the nest of California bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Fan pages soon sprung up for each group member, dissecting their hairstyles and outfits as passionately as their singing.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
By The New York Times Rahmatullah Anwari, 30, who used to grow rain-dependent wheat, left his home in Badghis Province in the country’s north for an encampment that has sprung up on the outskirts of Herat, the capital of an adjacent province.
—Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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