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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprung (up)
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Since then, controversies have arisen over several judicial decisions.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026 -
The dispute highlights conflicts that have arisen as climate change has driven increasingly large and frequent wildfires in California while the number of homes in and beside forests and other fire-risk areas has skyrocketed.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The incident occurred during the episode 5 Roundtable.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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In the first half, the defensive activity and competitive spirit were far better against the league’s best team, a night after Miami came up woefully short in both of those areas against the league’s worst team.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Good and truth will hopefully come up and show its face and win.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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What happened next — her then-husband Joey Buttafuoco's 17-year-old mistress Amy Fisher showing up at her door and shooting her point-blank in the face — created an almost instant media firestorm.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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The last time this happened was in 2018, with observers in Europe reporting a brief surge of more than 100 meteors per hour.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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Led by teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks have emerged after years in the rebuilding wilderness as a legitimate playoff contender.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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Python has emerged as the dominant language for building and experimenting with models.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Sprung (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprung%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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