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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for springs (up)
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As my son indignantly showed me, Prodigy surfaces multiple-choice questions in between cartoon-monster attacks.—
Will Oremus,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026 -
The system also surfaces items a customer usually orders but forgot to mention — reducing the leakage that happens when a store’s shelf label goes missing or a product gets moved.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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The same problem arises with generational generalizations.—
Alex Cooper,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Meaning emerges through ritual, drift, and return to form a meditation on the fragility of existence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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This affects her professional life, but a bigger worry emerges from the shadows.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Whatever happens in the months ahead though, signing at least one new midfielder should be a priority.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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When that happens, clubs can build real campaigns.—
Shivaas Gulati,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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“Springs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springs%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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