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have been springing

  • present perfect progressive of spring.

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Watch parties have been springing up all around the close-knit beach community of nearly 17,000 known for its small-town charm next to Los Angeles International Airport.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2023

East of Ankara, gleaming tower blocks have been springing up in Kirikkale.

From BBC May 27, 2023

In Dawson Springs and other Kentucky towns in the path of the storms, homes and businesses have been springing up steadily in recent months.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2022

But for the small performance spaces and clubs that have been springing up in New York, like Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, which champions contemporary music, the finances are difficult.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2013

These and many more have been springing the bolts that have barred woman from spheres of great usefulness.

From Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures by Bain, George W.

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