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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Signs of real-world doom crop up everywhere in Spent, including in Alison’s dreams.
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Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Sometimes, a low-growing plant, clover, can crop up among the grass.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
On Chinese social media, a flurry of agents have cropped up offering tips on how to skirt trade rules.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 10 May 2025
The u-word has cropped up more than 6,000 times so far in those corporate calls this season — the most since the early days of the pandemic in mid-2020.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Sometimes, a low-growing plant, clover, can crop up among the grass.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
On Chinese social media, a flurry of agents have cropped up offering tips on how to skirt trade rules.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 10 May 2025
The u-word has cropped up more than 6,000 times so far in those corporate calls this season — the most since the early days of the pandemic in mid-2020.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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