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crop up





VERB
come up
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This isn’t all that uncommon: Trends crop up in filmmaking all the time, as potential narratives emerge from real-life events and cultural obsessions.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Only about 100 to 200 cases of Andes hantavirus crop up in humans a year, largely in Argentina and Chile.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

If Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” seems to crop up more often than his other plays, it’s probably because of the enigmatic hold the chilling title character has on actresses and audiences alike.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Growth stocks could drop more if threats to the AI growth story crop up, as the market fears.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Imaginary numbers never appeared in linear equations, but they began to crop up in quadratic ones.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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