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springing (up)

verb

Definition of springing (up)

present participle of spring (up)

as in arising

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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The Fairfield Police Department in a social media post Friday morning announced the arrest of a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder and related offenses arising from the June 3 shooting at the Fairfield High School campus.

— Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Teton Ridge seeks substantial damages arising from that conduct.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 July 2026

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Leading commercial intelligence platforms have moved well beyond post-campaign reporting, surfacing engagement signals in real time.

— Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Wahl and his crew were returning from a Fourth of July security detail on Saturday when a surfacing whale, believed to be a humpback whale, struck their rescue boat off the coast of New Jersey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

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Certain derivatives, commodities, emerging-market securities, and other investments are also subject to tax or market rules that limit in-kind transfers.

— Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Indonesia and India are member states of the Group of 20 major developing countries and emerging economies and BRICS.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of emerging

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The Americans, at last coming up for air, had a moment late in the half that buoyed a capacity crowd in Seattle’s NFL stadium and numerous watch parties throughout San Diego County.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Of course, actually coming up with the mnemonic can be a task unto itself.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of coming up

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Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

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