Thesaurus results for SPRUNG (UP)

sprung (up)

verb

Definition of sprung (up)

past participle of spring (up)

as in arisen

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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Another question that has arisen as Walter’s financial troubles have garnered headlines is whether MLB would conduct its own investigation into Dodgers ownership or pressure the billionaire and his partners to sell the team.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Speculations have arisen about the possibilities that plants’ cellular consciousness is aware of cellular death beyond their immediate environment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of arisen

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The accident occurred during a demonstration flight with pilot Orville Wright in the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia.

— USA Today, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The vote occurred shortly after the House, along bipartisan lines, passed a funding measure keeping the government open through mid-December.

— Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of occurred

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Underpinning the luxury market are affluent home shoppers who can afford to shrug off rising mortgage rates and often pay all cash for a home or come up with a large down payment by raising funds through sales of stocks or other investments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
For the past two years, Bobo, of Meridian, has been coming up to the Foothills above Eagle every week for some karmic exercise.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of come up

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Newcastle’s summer wobbled when news emerged in late June that Guimaraes was fixed on Arsenal.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

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