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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Since then, however, a breadth of scientific evidence has cropped up around the subject.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Body horror in all its repulsive forms crops up everywhere on Severance, because within Branch 501, one’s body is no longer their own — and that’s exactly how Lumon wants it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Winterberry cropped up in Armani Privé’s opulent gowns.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers, for their part, are asking how the administration plans to balance the diversion of more U.S. military forces to the border with current missions and emergencies that could crop up in the wider world.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Body horror in all its repulsive forms crops up everywhere on Severance, because within Branch 501, one’s body is no longer their own — and that’s exactly how Lumon wants it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Winterberry cropped up in Armani Privé’s opulent gowns.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers, for their part, are asking how the administration plans to balance the diversion of more U.S. military forces to the border with current missions and emergencies that could crop up in the wider world.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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