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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The Fitbit App Approaches A curious icon cropped up as Damien Wilde started his review of the Oppo Find X8. —

Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Successful gold mining today bears little resemblance to the storied era of America’s first gold boom: rough-and-tumble 19th-century boomtowns cropping up overnight to accommodate speculative prospectors, chasing gold veins and rumors. —

Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024 There are more regulations cropping up to combat greenwashing, such as the EU Green Claims Directive, which stipulates accurate marketing claims. —

Carved In Blue, Sourcing Journal, 20 Nov. 2024 Ads are cropping up all over the streaming landscape. —

Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crop up