were cropping
- past progressive of crop.
Example Sentences
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But even as Tulip Town survived its first year, problems were cropping up.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
But around 15 years ago, he noticed editorials critiquing the dogma were cropping up in the scientific literature.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 2, 2021
“Very strange symptoms,” she recalls — made even stranger because they were cropping up in people with no personal or family history of such problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Fair Fight added to the growth in a coalition of grassroots organizers that were cropping up across the state.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2020
Similarly mournful love songs were cropping up all over Europe during this period, their woeful lyrics gaining popularity in courts, noble houses, and other places where a sheet of printed music could be afforded.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
