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[spring] / sprɪŋ /








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Fora's Jonna Robertson, for her part, is counting on a seasonal redistribution, with trips to hotter countries taking place in spring or autumn, in order to avoid both overtourism and exhausting temperatures.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The team already used hand signals to call plays, so when Wallace joined in the spring of his sophomore year, all he had to do was memorize those signals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

This spring, an unnamed OpenAI model circumvented its sandbox to post some testing results publicly to the GitHub platform, OpenAI said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

He still bought a portable air conditioning unit in spring as a precaution, and is concerned about his grandparents and his father living further south in Hertfordshire.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

From early spring until late fall, practically all of her time was spent there.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

That crate was then placed into an outer cage, in which metal springs acted as shock absorbers to protect it from bumps in the road.

From BBC Jul. 10, 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

“Dawns and springs are quieter; the air emptier. An ancient avian orchestra is falling silent. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

She leapt off the bed like she had springs.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

By Thursday morning, residents were lining up to buy first-aid kits, flashlights, solar chargers, duct tape and tents to drop off at donation sites that sprang up across a community known as “Doralzuela.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Freeman had hit the turf, corralled a ball that bounced off him twice, sprang to his feet, and sprinted into the end zone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

After a largely dull opening 18 minutes, Glasgow sprang to life with a slick move that set Dempsey free up the touchline.

From BBC May 8, 2026

When the Palisades fire erupted, Vein sprang into action.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

For a half second we just sat there blinking in the harsh light as the alarm continued to blare overhead, and then we sprang into action.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

The United Nations organization will provide around 500,000 tons of food to remote areas and the makeshift shelters that have sprung up across the quake zone.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Relief workers are also worried about water contamination and disease spreading in refugee camps that have sprung up around La Guaira and Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

A metal gate blocked the entrance to the post office, and two encampments had sprung up.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Bushes had sprung up everywhere; small huts were completely swallowed in browned grass.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Communities have lashed out at data centers springing up across the country, fueling an anti-AI movement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

But the more unavailable your manager is, the less likely they will be looking for you — or springing a last-minute assignment on you.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 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

"There hasn't been that visible community policing that might have in the past deterred these very obvious shops from springing up."

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

She brought other news: of young saplings springing forth, and the krakens returning to their rich and silty deeps.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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