cropping
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"When I talk to families, the cost of living keeps cropping up," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The group's discussions see the same patterns keep cropping up.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Suspicious bets, perhaps relying on insider information, keep cropping up on prediction markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The process got more mechanized through the back half of the American Century—out with the cover cropping, in with the monocrop, packed tight as can be.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Similarly mournful love songs were cropping up all over Europe during this period, their woeful lyrics gaining popularity in courts, noble houses, and other places where a sheet of printed music could be afforded.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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