How to Use crop up in a Sentence

crop up

verb
  • Yet, some issues are bound to crop up.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yet, some issues are bound to crop up.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The thoughts cropped up in high school and college.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Knock-off versions cropped up overnight.
    — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Weeds have a way of cropping up in any patch of empty soil.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The movie theater issue cropped up again and again.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The flag began cropping up in protests over the past few years.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Online, a debate has cropped up on what the city should do.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025
  • New jobs are cropping up in all sectors and in firms of all sizes.
    — Aliza Knox, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Swastikas have cropped up on school lockers and college dorms.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the restrictions have cropped up over the last two years.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Use the store's app to see what's cropping up at your local shop.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Homes, marinas and campgrounds have all cropped up along their shores.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Sometimes, a low-growing plant, clover, can crop up among the grass.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • Sometimes, a low-growing plant, clover, can crop up among the grass.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
  • Protests have also cropped up quickly.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The tightness cropped up when the third baseman ranged to his right for a foul ball.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
  • There’s nothing like making new friends through projects like these that just crop up.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But the issue is expected to crop up again in the farm bill.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Your sense of self may feel unclear as emotional needs crop up.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • That’s why we were intrigued to see a new Gen Z term crop up.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Then there are the legal spats cropping up across the country.
    — Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Possible signs of these complex tax headaches cropped up a month ago.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2024
  • But, other events for the public will be cropping up across the city.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • Momentum is a word that crops up often.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the same role questions that cropped up with that quartet last year remain.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But that’s a non-starter, in my opinion, unless something else crops up.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
  • And this is one of those pro-police nonprofits that have cropped up in a bunch of cities.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In a desert where beautiful flowers crop up.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026

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