crop up

verb

cropped up; cropping up; crops up

intransitive verb

: to come or appear when not expected

New problems crop up every day.

His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.

Examples of crop up in a Sentence

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Three main concerns have cropped up surrounding the possibility of Musk running for the House speaker. —

Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 However, several cases have cropped up in the U.S. that can't be tracked back to infected farm animals, including in California and Missouri. —

Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024 Versions of this recipe have cropped up around the state. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024 Northern lights activity on rise amid solar maximum The aurora borealis, a natural light display in Earth's sky famously best seen near our planet's poles, spent 2024 cropping up in a wider swath of the northern hemisphere. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crop up