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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Miller sat out with left shoulder soreness, which cropped up early in the second quarter of Saturday night’s loss in Philadelphia.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Similar shirtless sections have cropped up at UCLA, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Washington State, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Florida International, Oregon and more, no longer reserved for only the down-bad fan bases.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Think about single features cropping up, like virtual try-on, image search, or conversational natural language, asking the chat bot in natural language terms to help find something.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
But other challenges have cropped up, too, from dockworker strikes to ballooning construction costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Similar shirtless sections have cropped up at UCLA, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Washington State, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Florida International, Oregon and more, no longer reserved for only the down-bad fan bases.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Think about single features cropping up, like virtual try-on, image search, or conversational natural language, asking the chat bot in natural language terms to help find something.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
But other challenges have cropped up, too, from dockworker strikes to ballooning construction costs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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