crop up
verb
cropped up; cropping up; crops up
: to come or appear when not expected
New problems crop up every day.
His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.
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But his book was published last year, and since then fantasies of a Grand Democratic AI Utopia have cropped up all over the place.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Further, many of these third-party vendors have cropped up overnight and there are serious questions as to their validity.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
In 2023, as his anxiety issues resurfaced and arm injuries cropped up, Bard pitched poorly (4.56 ERA, one save), and injuries prevented him from pitching at all in 2024.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Lying tends to crop up when there’s someone to lie to.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Further, many of these third-party vendors have cropped up overnight and there are serious questions as to their validity.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
In 2023, as his anxiety issues resurfaced and arm injuries cropped up, Bard pitched poorly (4.56 ERA, one save), and injuries prevented him from pitching at all in 2024.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Lying tends to crop up when there’s someone to lie to.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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