spring up
phrasal verb
sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up
: to grow or appear suddenly
The weeds sprang up overnight.
New housing developments are springing up all over the state.
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New Yorkers hate sidewalk scaffolding, the omnipresent structures that seemingly spring up overnight and obstruct pedestrian traffic for years at a time.
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Jamie Rubin, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
The past decade has seen massive solar farms and wind turbine facilities spring up across California, particularly in less populated areas such as the Mojave Desert.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
In the weeks since, similar look-alike contests have sprung up all over the country, organized by different people for their own strange reasons.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
Malibu under mandatory evacuation A fast-moving wildfire sprang up Monday night in Southern California, forcing evacuations and destroying homes in Malibu, the iconic and affluent beach community northwest of Los Angeles.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Rubin, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
The past decade has seen massive solar farms and wind turbine facilities spring up across California, particularly in less populated areas such as the Mojave Desert.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
In the weeks since, similar look-alike contests have sprung up all over the country, organized by different people for their own strange reasons.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
Malibu under mandatory evacuation A fast-moving wildfire sprang up Monday night in Southern California, forcing evacuations and destroying homes in Malibu, the iconic and affluent beach community northwest of Los Angeles.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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