springs (up)

present tense third-person singular of spring (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for springs (up)
Verb
  • This could look like a deeper level of intimacy in a romantic relationship, a business alliance leveling up, or a friendship where truth finally surfaces.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The problem arises when excessive dust, dirt, and hair accumulate around the coils, preventing them from performing their job adequately.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Living by that principle requires the freedom to change one’s mind when new evidence arises — a freedom that party loyalty rarely allows.
    John H Bolthouse, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Can Sheppard play well enough that Houston emerges as a contender with him as its point guard?
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Reassess the lawn when spring growth emerges to determine if overseeding or sod is needed.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What happens in-house should be protected, and none of that should have gotten out.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Springs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springs%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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