as in arising
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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One is the typical Latin American outcome, which is decades of miserable grinding inflationary stagnation, arising from mediocre government policy.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026 -
The Casimir force is a real thing, arising from the fact that a vacuum is not actually nothing.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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The humans would explore — surfacing hypotheses, chasing hunches, venturing into territory the data didn’t obviously support.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Influencers have played a role in surfacing candidates’ liabilities.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
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For a while, SDFC had been emerging from its funk.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Through programming spanning the Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, and Cannes, his work focuses on building practical and cultural bridges between the creative industries and emerging AI tools.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Stylish, relaxed furniture and decor accentuate the star that keeps coming up—that amazing ocean view.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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There is still plenty of season left to turn things around, but after reaching the World Series last year and coming up just short, the Blue Jays will be disappointed by anything less than another magical run through the postseason.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Nemes does not give us any time to figure out who’s who and, really, what’s happening, but watching all this furtive tradecraft is compelling enough.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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The legal counterpart to the political momentum That shift is not happening in isolation.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Springing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/springing%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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