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[spring] / sprɪŋ /








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ProPublica didn’t find any association between RTO and higher rates of late ballots in Wisconsin, even though clerks reported delays involving mail-in ballots cast in its state election, held this spring.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Many economists predicted growth would slow after the spring as spending from large tax refunds dried up and the U.S.-hosted World Cup ended.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The union is now hashing out a severance package, according to Publisher’s Weekly, and it’s unclear what will happen to the 16 upcoming book titles scheduled through spring 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It is currently thought the patient contracted Shav through a midge bite in eastern France, the country's health and agriculture ministries said on Thursday, where cases were first identified in animals in the spring.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

New dams and debris basins turned the vast natural waterways and springs and creeks of old L.A. into a chutes-and-ladders system to divert and hold back water and mud, before the next time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

But now experts have developed new "super elastic" springs using a special metal called nitinol, a nickel and titanium alloy, with Rory the first patient to have them fitted.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

In a will, this is typically set up as what’s called a testamentary trust, which is a trust that springs out of a will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

"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

They had been breathing in ash that coated their throats, the particles of dust sucking their mouth dry, just like it did the smaller springs that had fed into the Green River.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

A group could be deep in conversation when the puck sprang to life, producing a brief, collective flicker of delight.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The camp sprang up after a mass influx of more than 70,000 people into the Spanish territory from neighbouring Morocco on July 30 and 31.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Like “The Good Wife,” the series from which “Elsbeth” sprang, “Cupertino” is a legal dramedy that grapples with — or at least exploits — current events and issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than a dozen new outposts sprang up almost overnight, settlers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mo sprang up and dug binoculars from his satchel.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

His generosity is so well known, in fact, that an industry of lobbyists, lawyers and other insiders has reportedly sprung up to facilitate clemency for wealthy criminals.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The contact lens maker just sprung a surprise no one saw coming.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The series has sprung, somewhat unusually, from Davidson’s guest role in a 33-year-old two-episode arc on Martin Lawrence’s Fox sitcom, “Martin.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

But they certainly started some sort of trend: From the Wells-and-Wellington controversy, Raymond Hoser’s career was sprung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The plaster ceiling was bellied in great swags and the yellowed dentil molding was bowed and sprung from the upper walls.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

French authorities on Thursday imposed bans or restrictions on fresh protests springing up in the wake of demonstrations last weekend that degenerated into the worst street violence in years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

But as soon as the cast is set in motion, the overriding impression is that of a manifesto springing into a college vaudeville.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Companies like Caterpillar and Cummins are raising production of generators critical as backup-power options for data centers springing up all over the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The new technology is inspired by resurrection plants, which dry out and appear dead during a drought, before springing back to life when it rains.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

I run to where the road rejoins the river, the road into Haven, trees springing up again all around us, the river rushing on.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness


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