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sprang (up)

verb

variants or sprung (up)

Definition of sprang (up)

past tense of spring (up)

as in surfaced

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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Galliano was fired by Christian Dior in 2011 after video footage surfaced showing the designer, who was inebriated, making antisemitic remarks in a Paris bar, La Perle.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
The claim that Islam doesn’t really count as a religion surfaced early and explicitly in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of surfaced

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The changes also appear to address unintended consequences that arose from new rules implemented in August 2024, beginning with the Class of 2025.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
This belief likely arose from the species’ habit of sharing such sites with other snakes.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of arose

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Newcastle’s summer wobbled when news emerged in late June that Guimaraes was fixed on Arsenal.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerged

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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

Definition of happened

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In the preseason finale on Friday night, the Dallas Cowboys came up just short after a fourth-quarter rally and fell to the New Orleans Saints 27-24.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Trainers put his leg in an air cast, and players from both teams came up to the rookie before he was carted off the field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of came up

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The accident occurred during a demonstration flight with pilot Orville Wright in the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia.

— USA Today, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The vote occurred shortly after the House, along bipartisan lines, passed a funding measure keeping the government open through mid-December.

— Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

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