Example Sentences

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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

And as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, the likes of Spider-Man and Wonder Woman have been springing up to bring some cheer to their local communities.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2020

Clinics have been springing up that offer young-donor plasma infusions as a rejuvenating, “anti-aging” therapy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2019

But recently they have been springing up at high schools.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2011

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.