as in surfaces
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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Hinson’s group empowers women leaders to do this via the Power Archetype Index, a diagnostic framework that surfaces unconscious leadership patterns and provides women with a personal roadmap of the four factors that underpin impact.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
More recently, though, its presence has broadened — the track now surfaces across posts expressing all kinds of emotions and drama.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
27 Aug. 2025
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The problem arises when these signals are ignored.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The question arises not just because Oracle recently announced that two executives are the company’s new CEOs, succeeding Safra Catz, who had been CEO or co-CEO for the past 11 years.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Times reports Democrats are pushing to extend the credits in spending negotiations while Republicans cite the decade-long cost—estimated around hundreds of billions—creating a standoff that raises the odds of premium spikes if no deal emerges before plans take effect.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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If the two-state solution is abandoned and a one-state reality emerges, Israel risks becoming an apartheid regime.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The worst Obama era moment happens in the gross conversation when Gretchen sits on her sectional with Slade to rake over the coals of the past.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The spiritual experience here, these days, happens when Joyce clocks in.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Springs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springs%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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