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as in woke
to leave one's bed
the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up
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as in surfaced
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment
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as in began
to come into existence
it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period
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as in rose
to move or extend upward
slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun
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Recent Examples of arose
Serious legal questions also arose as to whether ESG violated fiduciary duty laws and if DEI is discriminatory.
—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The yoke arose from an inflection point.
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Robert Duffer,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
As a result, when the chance arose to buy vacant land, the organization moved forward.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Then, in the following episode (the final installment of season 5), Clarkson is shown in the hospital after an unexpected complication arose.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
But this was not a completely passive defensive performance from Bubista’s men, looking to spring out of midfield and hassle the ball up the pitch whenever the opportunity arose.
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Thom Harris,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
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Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Still after the match controversy arose after some fans thought Haiti’s men soccer team, Les Grenadiers, were shortchanged.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
Talk of SpaceX, which billionaire Elon Musk founded in 2002 to find a way to Mars, going public had been rampant since late 2025, when the first hints arose of its possibility.
—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The yoke arose from an inflection point.
—
Robert Duffer,
AJC.com,
19 June 2026
As a result, when the chance arose to buy vacant land, the organization moved forward.
—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Then, in the following episode (the final installment of season 5), Clarkson is shown in the hospital after an unexpected complication arose.
—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
But this was not a completely passive defensive performance from Bubista’s men, looking to spring out of midfield and hassle the ball up the pitch whenever the opportunity arose.
—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
—
Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Still after the match controversy arose after some fans thought Haiti’s men soccer team, Les Grenadiers, were shortchanged.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
Talk of SpaceX, which billionaire Elon Musk founded in 2002 to find a way to Mars, going public had been rampant since late 2025, when the first hints arose of its possibility.
—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arose
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Lange's husband went home and woke her up to share the good news, the lottery said.
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Brittney Brimway and her three children were on a flight from Los Angeles to Turks and Caicos with a layover in New York City when her son woke her up with some less-than-comforting news.
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Casa Amor participant Alannah Keyser will no longer appear on Season 8, Peacock has confirmed, after videos surfaced on social media of her singing along to the n-word in a song.
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Concerns first surfaced about the safety of the solar panels following an August 2024 fire on the same roof, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters at the time, a source close to the Los Angeles Fire Department told CBS News.
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After Iran played to a draw Sunday at SoFi Stadium, its second of the World Cup in as many matches, the team’s coach began his postmatch assessment by backing up six months.
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Young also noted that Iran’s Gulf neighbors will invest in pipelines to avoid oil flows through the strait, which allowed for the transit of 20 million barrels a day before the war began.
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Shady Alassar | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil rose slightly early Tuesday, fluctuating as investors show cautious optimism about an end to the conflict in the Middle East.
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Humphreys’ coach at the 2024 world championship in Belgium told him his pulse rate rose to 207.
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Residents in southeastern districts adjacent to the facility awoke to thick columns of black smoke rising above the city skyline, while local environmental authorities advised city residents to limit time outdoors amid concerns over air quality.
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According to the San Bernardino County Fire Department, the man awoke to a bear paw.
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Friday’s group game falls on Seattle’s Pride weekend, a scheduling quirk that emerged only after December’s draw pitted the two Muslim-majority countries against each other.
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Free to be me Over and over the word freedom emerged as the key to happiness.
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Wilde’s 2022 psychological thriller, headlined by Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, descended into tabloid chaos amid rampant speculation over an apparent feud between Pugh and Wilde, plus the romance between Wilde and Styles that allegedly originated during production.
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The Scots have also been spotted topping statues of prominent figures with orange traffic cones -- a tradition that, according to BBC, originated in Glasgow in the '80s when a cone was placed atop the head of the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art.
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Yet robust economic growth has proved elusive, even as government debt has climbed, leaving successive administrations with little firepower to fix a growing list of related challenges, from crumbling infrastructure to a chronic housing shortage.
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While other similarly sized cities in the ranking have fallen, Pittsburgh climbed by five spots in 2026.
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“Arose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arose. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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