crop up

verb

1. informal.
   intr, adverb to occur or appear, esp unexpectedly

Idioms and Phrases

Appear unexpectedly or occasionally, as in One theory that crops up periodically is the influence of sunspots on stock prices , or We hope new talent will crop up in the next freshman class . [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Speaking of the literature you love, the Bloomsbury writers crop up in your collection repeatedly.

From The Daily Beast

Images of the hotel crop up repeatedly in his paintings, sometimes plagued by bats or monsters.

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Previously unknown papyri crop up only to vanish into private collections and out of the sight of scholars forever.

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There are dozens of targets that crop up around the world every day.

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Such laws are exceedingly difficult to monitor, given the number of state-funded classes that might crop up.

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Professor Theobald pointed out the difficulties that must begin to crop up, as she grew older.

From Project Gutenberg

In place of scandal there crop up arguments, for and against the Parliament, for and against the Jesuits.

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It was true that this story might crop up again, years on, and ruin his life.

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They were really well behaved children; but mischief seemed to crop up so very easily in their lives.

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A thousand personal affairs crop up which require letters of a commercial rather than a social nature.

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