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[spring] / sprɪŋ /








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She did the same for a spring festival earlier this year.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Sales at U.S. retailers slid in July, the latest in a string of weaker reports prompting a rethink about an economy that had looked to be only accelerating this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Labour with a spring in its step, for now at least.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

In the spring of 2008, shortly before the financial world completely imploded, I traveled around Florida reporting on the real-estate crash.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

I took Rowdy to the buckboard, made him get up in it, and tied him to the back of the spring seat.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

"The Smyrnaeans have the river Meles, with its lovely water, and at its springs is the grotto, where they say Homer composed his poems," wrote the 2nd-century Greek chronicler and geographer Pausanias.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

My favorite Celsius, the not-too-sweet Peach Mango Green Tea, put springs in my sneakers when I downed it before a run.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The Iliad has these big, overstuffed couches and chairs with blown springs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

In a reminder that hope springs eternal: performing arts promoter Martin Elbourne, who founded the festival, points to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

He wore a denture, made from one of his own teeth, a cow’s tooth, and hippopotamus ivory; metal springs held the denture in his mouth.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Araki sprang out of the New Queer Cinema of the ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In 1942, when one of the leaders of the House Un-American Activities Committee baselessly accused the famous educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune of being a communist, Smith sprang into action.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Bowe, from Northaw, sprang into action after hearing a man screaming in the water and seeing bodies floating.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

I sprang up from the bench, looking beneath it, retracing my steps through the station.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

When the first leak sprung in 2022, the remodeling project was funded partly by insurance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

While the Commerzbank offer was under way, dealmaking activity has sprung up in UniCredit’s home market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The 23-year-old, who was raised by his grandparents, says the idea to set up the business six years ago "sprung from a need for our older generation to move".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Camps for families left homeless have sprung up in stadiums, plazas and on sidewalks in La Guaira as well as nearby Caracas.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

The snow had ingratiated itself with the ruins of walls and memory of a roof, and it made it seem like the small dark-brown house had sprung out of the snow itself.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

The movement has spread beyond the capital, with smaller demonstrations springing up Wednesday in major cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru and Patna.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

But there’s a strong chance something will go wrong during many of those vacations, which makes a convincing case for buying a travel-insurance policy — especially if you’ll be springing for a pricey trip.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

The field is more crowded now, with Bowlero, Top Golf, and other eat-and-play concepts springing up in many of the same areas.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Japan are not the only team capable of springing a surprise at this summer's World Cup.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Leah went first as always, Goddess of the Hunt, her weasel-colored pixie haircut springing with energy, her muscles working together like parts of a clock.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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