outcropped

verb

past tense of outcrop
as in broke out

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  1. broke out
  2. issued
  3. emerged
  4. rose
  5. surfaced
  6. arose
  7. erupted
  8. blossomed
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  • The fire broke out in a building on Harlem Avenue near Le Moyne Street.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators allege the violence began after two cars entered a parking lot and a fight involving about 10 people broke out.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of broke out
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  • The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The weather service issued flood watches through Monday afternoon for a large swath of Utah, southeast Idaho, and northern and central Arizona, including the Grand Canyon.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of issued
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  • Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Olive green emerged at Tibi, Joseph, and Acne Studios, offering a welcome alternative to the burgundy and chocolate brown that dominated previous seasons.
    — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of emerged
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  • His family, like many Lebanese Jews, left as anti-Jewish sentiment rose after the 1967 war between Israel and Arab countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Then mines started to close and unemployment rose, and its owner, an elderly Italian named Netta Cavalli, was beaten in her shop and died soon after.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rose
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  • By Wednesday, reporting surfaced that Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University’s law school in 2011, but did not pass.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But complications surfaced in June 2024, when a prosecutor uncovered that a deputy chief assistant at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s legal division had filled out a death penalty waiver form in Morris’ case.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of surfaced
Verb
  • Zacharia's qualifications and background quickly came under scrutiny as questions arose over her résumé.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Rev’s powers and platforms and friends still had their uses, though, as when the matter of the funeral arose.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of arose
Verb
  • Widespread violence erupted across France over the weekend, as rioters and looters ransacked storefronts, clashed with police and set fire to municipal buildings.
    — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Demonstrations erupted into riots on Saturday, with almost 2,400 people arrested, shops looted or damaged and buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country, according to the interior ministry.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of erupted
Verb
  • But as the city blossomed — its population is now nearly 270,000 — the political culture remained fairly static.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Cam Schlittler, fresh off his first full season, is going to be named the American League Cy Young, and Brent Headrick and Paul Blackburn blossomed into high-leverage relievers.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of blossomed
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