Thesaurus results for SPRING (UP)

spring (up)

verb

Definition of spring (up)

as in to surface

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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Morning coffee, a work call under shade, weeknight dinner and a wind-down soak each earn their own outdoor room, with the furniture, shade and surfacing that activity requires.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 16 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 surface

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Zacharia had little time to prepare for the briefing, which can be a challenging joust with the press in which a press secretary needs to advocate on behalf of the administration and improvise quickly when tricky topics arise.

— Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Pope Leo, who is fully conscious and already walking around, remains contactable and will likely be able to liaise with church officials, should any pertinent issues arise during his hospital stay.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of arise

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Some data centers are now being built at gigawatt scale—roughly the power demand of a small city, says Anuja Ratnayake, emerging technology executive at the Electric Power Research Institute.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The model became the first real hit in the emerging athletic shoe industry.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerge

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His big adult break happened when visiting his sister in San Francisco in 1954.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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