springs
Example Sentences
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"It springs from a love for our own country and our own culture," Iwan said.
From BBC
Even so, the festival managed to launch “The Big Lebowski,” “Sorry to Bother You,” “Palm Springs,” “The Big Sick,” “House Party” and “Napoleon Dynamite.”
From Los Angeles Times
Wages aside, UTLA’s wide-ranging, socially conscious platform springs from 665 member meetings held at schools last year, when the union also sought broad input from students, parents and other community members.
From Los Angeles Times
Sheriff David Blunt of Little Springs, Neb., comes home from work to find his wife weeping at a bizarre news report: Astronomers confirm that a 3-mile-long object is hurtling toward Earth, predicted to cause an “extinction-level event” when it hits—of all places—somewhere near their rural town.
Blunt would rather not think about that murder-mystery; he prefers the gentle rhythms of life in Little Springs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.