emerged

past tense of emerge
as in surfaced
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool

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Recent Examples of emerged Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections. ABC News, 14 July 2026 Wilmington police say officers were monitoring a crowd when Skinner emerged from a house and pointed a gun at the group. Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 14 July 2026 Brett Cooper has emerged as one of Gen Z’s leading conservative content creators and commentators. Avery Stone, Time, 14 July 2026 No clear front-runner has emerged from the candidates who have put themselves forward to be considered. Tamara Keith, NPR, 14 July 2026 Google lobbied state lawmakers to drop two proposals that would require the tech giant to pay journalists directly to use their content, so the partnership with Newsom emerged as a compromise. Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 After their final Love Island USA dates during the finale, Islanders Trinity and Bryce emerged as the season 8 winners. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 The technology emerged from Hassibi's research group at Caltech. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 14 July 2026 Signs of further strain emerged in 2024 when Buffett announced the Gates Foundation would receive no money from his estate after his death. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 July 2026
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  • Some critics of Israel have surfaced his past activities and affiliations to make the case that opposing Argentina is the anti-Zionist choice.
    Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Just minutes before news surfaced of an altercation between former Miami Heat teammates Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo, Herro spoke in glowing terms about the Heat organization and the city of Miami.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
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  • Questions arose about Harper potentially violating MLB rules.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Against Spain, Deschamps’ problems arose throughout his team’s spine.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
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  • Things looked even better for Argentina when Spain had a goal disallowed for what appeared to be a very soft foul by Mikel Merino on an Albiceleste defender that ruled out Williams’ effort.
    Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • As Spain’s players rejoiced, defender Nahuel Molina appeared to try to catch Rodri with his arm.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • What happened in Atlanta was so traumatic that, even three days on, its effects are still being felt.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • But that’s all happened in spite of the politicians, certainly not because of them.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

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