spring up
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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Mostly forgotten today is a literary subgenre that sprang up in the nineteenth century in order to give fictional shape to anxieties about the possibility of Britain’s invasion and defeat by its European neighbors.
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Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
Glass and steel edifices sprang up in cities around the country, and brought with them the heyday of downtowns.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Protests sprang up nationwide in 2020 after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
The demand for arms is so high that scammy companies have sprung up online, claiming to award arms and even titles.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
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Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
Glass and steel edifices sprang up in cities around the country, and brought with them the heyday of downtowns.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Protests sprang up nationwide in 2020 after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
The demand for arms is so high that scammy companies have sprung up online, claiming to award arms and even titles.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for spring up
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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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