crop up
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Spiritual matters crop up regularly, but they are often played for a laugh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
"I think we need a lot more knowledge around risk-informed preparedness," she said, urging more focus on knowing your risk and "what could crop up", and "be ready to deal with that".
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Block’s concerns crop up at a time when the market is extremely concerned about developing problems in the private-credit sector and the potential spillover from any crisis there would also impact the publicly-traded credit markets.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Then, inevitably, some tiny problem would crop up and throw sand in the gears, and instead of dealing with it he’d let it completely overwhelm him.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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