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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On smaller scales, stars, gas, radiation, feedback, and other effects arising from the physics of normal matter play an enormously important role, and simulations are still improving.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
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In particular, this history suggests that when each side views the other as an existential threat, maintaining political power becomes the greatest imperative—which only increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions arising as a result.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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The delay in these stories surfacing isn’t unusual, for multiple reasons.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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With rumors swirling about head coaching vacancies in college football, Mississippi's Lane Kiffin has been a name surfacing quite a bit.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The plan worked, and within hours, the animals were seen disappearing into the dark water, and emerging further down the line, to breathe from the holes the volunteers had placed in the ice above.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The effort will boost environmentally minded independent designers, emerging talent and students in different ways with the objective being to reshape how fashion is made, produced and consumed.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Fantastic bands were coming up that were playing in these clubs.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Presidential elections are also coming up in Colombia next spring, which could reset the relationship between the two nations.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gossip blogs on the Housewives have become an entire cottage industry, and that’s a far more likely explanation as to why this tends to keep happening.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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What happened to us at this company is happening at another company in another sector.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Springing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springing%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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