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Rowe had never seen her sister this way; Waldorf was always the calm and practical one when challenges arose.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The whole matter only arose after a junior member of staff was spotted secretly watching Middlesbrough at their training ground.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The idea, like many good ones, arose by accident.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Melissa Grant, Carafem’s chief operations officer, said the past few years of chaos in U.S. abortion regulations prepared the organization to be nimble when the need arose.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The problem arose because the ordinary assumptions of statistical mechanics—the laws of physics—did not lead Planck to his formula.

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