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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With mounting pressure to meet production demands, Silkwood noticed contamination incidents were cropping up.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
What Biden can do Meanwhile, worrying signs keep cropping up.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
But scientists are concerned at just how many cases are cropping up in the animal world.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Chip components have become so small that quantum effects, among other problems, are beginning to crop up, to the point where the silicon chip is set to suffer from the inevitable law of diminishing returns.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
What Biden can do Meanwhile, worrying signs keep cropping up.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
But scientists are concerned at just how many cases are cropping up in the animal world.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Chip components have become so small that quantum effects, among other problems, are beginning to crop up, to the point where the silicon chip is set to suffer from the inevitable law of diminishing returns.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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