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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Major problems arising from hallucinating AI coding software could snowball into catastrophe at many other firms as well.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026 -
This would capitalize on already nascent industry interest in hedging against biosecurity risks, trade bans, tariffs and provenance issues arising from European Union’s impending Digital Product Passport.—
Patty Huntington,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Mar. 2026
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What themes are surfacing in your work, your relationships, or your inner life?—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2026
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Missile crews are reportedly reluctant to leave cover, desertions are increasing, refusals to obey orders are surfacing, and American and Israeli forces continue hunting launchers daily.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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This is not merely a bilateral border crisis but a layered security contest shaped by cross-border militancy, emerging technologies and competing threat narratives.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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These technologies are considered essential for countering emerging missile threats, particularly those that travel at extremely high speeds and are difficult to detect with traditional systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Tonight Show Goes Full Double Dare Speaking of consummate professionalism, how about Johnny Knoxville coming up with a Chuck Berry piss-kink joke while being hosed down with water at 30 Rock.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Long before Marc Jacobs was filling his runways with A-list front rows or Sofia Coppola was making Oscar-winning films, the pair were simply two twenty-something creatives coming up together in a very specific moment of downtown New York.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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That transparency now extends into Colorado’s industry regulations after state legislators, motivated by recent scandals, passed new laws to prevent the same kind of situation from happening at funeral homes or mortuaries ever again.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Now, the impossible is happening.—
Silvia Hernandez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Springing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springing%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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