as in arising
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign
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Ranching on the borderlands of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico is seasoned with challenges arising from the whims of nature.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Major problems arising from hallucinating AI coding software could snowball into catastrophe at many other firms as well.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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From there, the line wound up escalators to baggage claim, then looped up a second set of escalators, finally surfacing at the third-floor ticketing area.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Robotics is surfacing as a key use case for AI across the tech industry.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s also no radiation emerging from it at all, either.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Amid social media’s reckoning, however, artificial intelligence chatbots are emerging as the next frontier in the fight to make technology safer for young people.—
Barbara Ortutay,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Johnnies have gone further every year under Pitino, from missing the Big Dance in 2024, to losing in the second round last year, to coming up just short on Friday night.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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That’s a tough combination to trade if the Marlins want to compete coming up.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
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What is happening here is human destruction.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The mental health system is largely crisis-driven, with interventions happening in response to an emergency need.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Cropping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropping%20%28up%29. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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