Example Sentences

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Shoplifting incidents have been cropping up across the country in recent months, most notably in California.

From Fox News • Sep. 7, 2021

Regarding Tottenham’s draw, Rennes have been cropping up in the news a lot lately, as they have the highly-rated and much-hyped 18-year-old Eduardo Camavinga on their books.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2021

Community Supported Art shares have been cropping up around the country since at least 2013 when they were popularized by Minneapolis’s Springboard for the Arts.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2021

Posters of Wanchalearm and other disappeared activists have been cropping up around the city.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2020

I think Brindle certainly must have been cropping grass around the old walls of Jericho, as that is the farthest off of any place I know.

From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)