cropping
Example Sentences
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The process got more mechanized through the back half of the American Century—out with the cover cropping, in with the monocrop, packed tight as can be.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Issues within the deal are already cropping up.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
And they are cropping up even as the regime has carried out waves of arrests targeting protesters and their sympathizers, from relatives to medical workers to civil-rights activists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Not long after Vorcaro's arrest, the names of several high-profile officials began cropping up in the media.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
“It keeps cropping up, doesn’t it?” she said.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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