sprouting
Example Sentences
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It will take about a year before we see the tips of the trees sprouting through the plastic tubes, however, it will be at least 100 years before the trees are properly grown.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
This struggle is exactly why so many social clubs have been sprouting up in L.A. over the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
"The seeds are sprouting and the harvest is coming," Hichilema said, touting a planned nationwide geological survey to map untapped deposits.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Hospitals were early AI users, long before massive data centers started sprouting across the U.S. landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
It’s a castle out of a storybook: eight or nine stone buildings sheltered below hills, rust-colored roofs, narrow windows, spires and turrets, weeds sprouting from between roof tiles.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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