emerges

present tense third-person singular of emerge
as in arises
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 emerges From that glossy start emerges an elaborate, colossal bun composed of braids in varying widths—from pencil-thin plaits woven around the base to chunkier folds making up the lion’s share of the height-enhancing sculpture. Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2026 The trail starts in a glade, crosses a bridge over a creek, then emerges into alpine pasture and scree surrounded by high peaks. William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The result is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Talabac notes that nodes are usually where leaves bud and where new growth emerges. Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 27 June 2026 Texas is on the verge of mandating more than 5 million of its public school students to study Bible stories, as the state emerges as a leader in a national conservative effort to infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 June 2026 Increasingly, systemic exposure emerges not from isolated organizational weaknesses, but from interactions across interconnected enterprises moving at different speeds of risk. Nosa Omoigui, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 New growth comes in gradually, and the fuller picture usually emerges around 12 months after the hair transplant procedure. Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 As the focus shifts from general-purpose AI models to industry-specific applications and vertical AI emerges as a major force, new opportunities will be created in places with deep domain expertise in healthcare, food and agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and other sectors. Steve Case, Fortune, 24 June 2026
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Verb
  • As with fighting the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the urgency of the problem will likely only sink in when the need arises.
    Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
  • Lucena said it has not been invited to participate in a mission to Venezuela yet but will be ready if the opportunity arises.
    Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Long-term agent memory retains malicious instructions and surfaces them on every run.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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  • That appears to be what gave Weiser the edge to defeat Bennet in what started as an uphill battle due largely to name recognition.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • McKinney’s name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, one of 36,286 service members who were lost or never recovered during the war in the Pacific.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • At its core, the play examines what happens when loyalty to an institution collides with a commitment to the truth, as a young lawyer risks his career to challenge powerful military leaders and expose wrongdoing within the ranks.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • At Cosmedica, the price is built to remove the small logistics that make a foreign trip stressful, and most of the planning happens before a patient lands.
    Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Tetanus occurs when the spores enter the body through an injury.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026

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