spring up

verb

sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up
Synonyms of spring upnext
: to grow or appear suddenly
The weeds sprang up overnight.
New housing developments are springing up all over the state.

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Sycamore Avenue is the heart of Hollywood’s burgeoning Sycamore District, which includes upmarket boutiques, restaurants and art galleries that have sprung up in the former industrial district. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Golden Dawn's membership grew into the hundreds, with lodges also springing up elsewhere in England, and in Scotland and France. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 White militias destroyed their homes, torched their food supplies, and slaughtered them outright so routinely that a secondary economy of kidnappers sprang up to sell the survivors, children and adults alike, into servitude. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Industrial parks, logistics hubs, and technology clusters are springing up. — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spring up

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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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