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crop (up)

verb

Definition of crop (up)

as in to surface

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign

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In 2015, she was suspended for a week after a video surfaced of her yelling at and belittling a towing company employee.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
For younger consumers, surfacing a convincing alternative has become a demonstration of taste and product literacy rather than a compromise.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of surface

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Yet when a safety issue arises, competitive barriers come down.

— Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Landon argued that public officials should be held to standards of conduct that include treating others with dignity, particularly when disagreements arise.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of arise

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But important clues about how the sickness operates are emerging from the latest studies of bacterial DNA in ancient bones and teeth.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Once regarded as fragile and inward-looking, China’s health system is now emerging as an ambitious innovation engine.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerge

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Forecasters are predicting that the northeast and Mid-Atlantic will experience similar amounts of flooding as happened during a 2023 El Niño event — a record setting year.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Not everything important needs to happen through a checklist.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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