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 On the palate, ripe stone fruit plum, apricot, and cherry emerges alongside notes of Bananas Foster and creamy vanilla, finishing with sweet oak. Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025 Pruning to get rid of dead wood and to shape the shrubs should be done from late February to mid-March, before new growth emerges. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025 The modern story is set in San Francisco, where Inanna emerges from the Bay wearing nothing but a necklace and remembering little else but her name. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025 What emerges isn’t nostalgia but a luminous confrontation with the past. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025 Total repatriations When examining total repatriations — people returned to their country of origin — a more ambiguous picture emerges. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 The Times reports Democrats are pushing to extend the credits in spending negotiations while Republicans cite the decade-long cost—estimated around hundreds of billions—creating a standoff that raises the odds of premium spikes if no deal emerges before plans take effect. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025 If the two-state solution is abandoned and a one-state reality emerges, Israel risks becoming an apartheid regime. Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025 From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • The state law's sole location requirement is that the facilities must be within 30 miles of a hospital to ensure access to a higher level of care in case the need arises.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The political resonance of his project arises not from an explicit statement of values but from a tender demonstration of complex, undeniable humanity.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Hinson’s group empowers women leaders to do this via the Power Archetype Index, a diagnostic framework that surfaces unconscious leadership patterns and provides women with a personal roadmap of the four factors that underpin impact.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • More recently, though, its presence has broadened — the track now surfaces across posts expressing all kinds of emotions and drama.
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • His comments come as the right-wing party Reform UK appears to be leading in the polls.
    Ian King, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats’ most visible strategy appears to be trying to bum a few bucks from the grassroots—when the grassroots’ greatest power is in protest, boycott, and other unified mobilization efforts.
    Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • But let’s see what happens when Mississippi State takes its show on the road in a game of significance (sorry, Southern Miss).
    Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Chronic urticaria occurs when hives are caused by certain environmental or physical factors, whereas chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) isn’t triggered by external factors.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Sunscald occurs most often on plants located along a wall with an intense southern or western exposure.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025

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