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cropped (up)

verb

past tense of crop (up)

as in arose

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign

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Al-Qaeda arose at the confluence of post-Cold War globalization and unipolar violence.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Kremer was active in the tea party movement, which arose in opposition to government spending during President Barack Obama’s first term.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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Brown’s name had surfaced publicly in those trade talks, and there was a point of no return.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The issue first surfaced in February when Croatian police and Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, arrested 13 people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste.

— Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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The company emerged from bankruptcy, sold to private equity firm Ames Watson, and is altering the way its 900 remaining standalone stores, from a peak 3,400 in 2012, reach the Alphas.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
This possibility emerged from a series of discoveries, spanning decades, involving the cells of the early embryo, which possess remarkable flexibility.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

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And, fortuitously for would-be sponsors, something happened in tennis that made these arrangements even more appealing.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Trust your gut when something feels off, verify what happened and act quickly to lock down your accounts and credit.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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The Jones defense came up with a third-quarter goal-line stand, had seven sacks and added an interception, wreaking havoc on the Trojans’ offense in a 12-6 victory.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Samuels came up with this after a series of starts and stops and delays earlier in the year on the use of AI in the schools.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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