as in to surface
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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Concerns have also surfaced around Google parent Alphabet’ s partnership with MediaTek on its next-generation TPU, potentially taking away revenue from Broadcom and challenging the company’s longstanding exclusive design partnership with Alphabet.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026 -
The video, which surfaced on Instagram around the time of a playoff game between Birdville and Burleson Centennial, used a scene from the 1970s television series Roots that shows an enslaved Black man yielding to a slave master.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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When disagreements arise, acknowledge everyone’s different points of view before jumping to defend your ideas.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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If the cosmic inflation that occurred prior to the Big Bang arose because certain high-energy conditions were met, then recreating those conditions and those sufficiently high energies could cause a restoration of the inflationary state.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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The subtle split among Democrats began emerging minutes after the first US strikes on Saturday.—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Beyond upgrading transitional industries, Beijing reaffirmed pledges to cultivate emerging and future sectors, including semiconductors, aerospace, biotechnology, quantum technology and embodied AI.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Mickey Drexler doesn’t like to wait for things to happen.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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In Chechnya, only the first step happened, which was predictable.—
Robert A. Pape In The Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Spring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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