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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Like other subgenres that have cropped up over the years, Musou games have a more singular, cult-like following, one that’s kept growing over the course of the last two decades — and for good reason.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Talk to anyone who has worked with Vitor Reis — who is set to be Manchester City’s latest signing at centre-back — and the same descriptors keep on cropping up.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
At a time when the west’s global and regional rivals have been relentlessly expanding their influence in Europe, the Mideast and far east, circumstances keep cropping up to break that expansion - and the West keeps missing the chance.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Days after the wildfires began cropping up in the L.A. area, fire officials only first learned that the Santa Ynez Reservoir, capable of holding 117 gallons of water, had been out of commission since February.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
Talk to anyone who has worked with Vitor Reis — who is set to be Manchester City’s latest signing at centre-back — and the same descriptors keep on cropping up.
—Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
At a time when the west’s global and regional rivals have been relentlessly expanding their influence in Europe, the Mideast and far east, circumstances keep cropping up to break that expansion - and the West keeps missing the chance.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Days after the wildfires began cropping up in the L.A. area, fire officials only first learned that the Santa Ynez Reservoir, capable of holding 117 gallons of water, had been out of commission since February.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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