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springs (up)

verb

Definition of springs (up)

present tense third-person singular of spring (up)

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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This is something that surfaces at a certain point in the film.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
The stronger model is one in which AI narrows the decision space, surfaces relevant signals and explains why an action is being recommended.

— Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfaces

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With their divorce about to become final, the complication of complications arises when Rose’s childhood cancer appears to return in the form of leukemia.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Of course, there may be times when a crisis arises that absolutely requires your involvement.

— Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of arises

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But the new work found that if the rewards change with time (even by a small amount), then a second stable point emerges from the model, allowing both cooperators and defectors to coexist.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Whatever emerges from the gathering, BRICS is unlikely to become an anti-American or anti-Western power bloc anytime soon.

— Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerges

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For business owners like Rios and Yepez, the concern is not only about immigration enforcement itself, but also about what happens when customers and workers become too afraid to leave their homes.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Most of us start the washing machine without thinking much about what happens next.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

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