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.
Examples of crop up in a Sentence
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The campus lawns had been an area of contention since the week following October 7th, when duelling gatherings in support of Israelis and Palestinians began cropping up.
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Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
But, on Shohei Ohtani’s first off day as a Dodger, the discourse Wednesday centered on the one big struggle of his 2024 season — a weakness that had cropped up once again the night before.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Euan Blair’s apprenticeship unicorn Multiverse acquired Searchlight, which uses a unique AI loop to improve employers’ hiring success while aiming to reduce biases that can crop up in the recruitment process.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Apr. 2024
Some severe storms could crop up again in Central Indiana Wednesday as a line of them move in throughout the day.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2024
And finally, there are the injuries and bumps in the road that crop up in the next four weeks.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Next to its famously elegant but decaying colonial architecture, new houses, hotels, malls, gyms and offices of concrete and glass crop up constantly.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Some of the puck management issues that have frequently haunted the Sharks this season cropped up again as they were sent to their eighth straight loss.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Some of the first major studies regarding the four-day week cropped up, and found that employees were just as productive, more satisfied, and less burnt out with the new schedule.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
But, on Shohei Ohtani’s first off day as a Dodger, the discourse Wednesday centered on the one big struggle of his 2024 season — a weakness that had cropped up once again the night before.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Euan Blair’s apprenticeship unicorn Multiverse acquired Searchlight, which uses a unique AI loop to improve employers’ hiring success while aiming to reduce biases that can crop up in the recruitment process.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Apr. 2024
Some severe storms could crop up again in Central Indiana Wednesday as a line of them move in throughout the day.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2024
And finally, there are the injuries and bumps in the road that crop up in the next four weeks.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Next to its famously elegant but decaying colonial architecture, new houses, hotels, malls, gyms and offices of concrete and glass crop up constantly.
—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Some of the puck management issues that have frequently haunted the Sharks this season cropped up again as they were sent to their eighth straight loss.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Some of the first major studies regarding the four-day week cropped up, and found that employees were just as productive, more satisfied, and less burnt out with the new schedule.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Crop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20up. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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