were springing
- past progressive of spring.
Example Sentences
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"This absolutely kicked into high gear from 2016 - football pitches were springing up everywhere," says Dr Mike Gow - an expert in contemporary China at Edge Hill University.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
Deaths from COVID-19 in January 2021 were at record highs when the mask order was put forth, averaging more than 3,000 a day, and new variants were springing up.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022
COVID-19 deaths in January 2021 were at record highs when the mask order was put forth, averaging more than 3,000 a day, and new variants were springing up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
All over the state around the turn of the 20th century, Black townships were springing up — more than 50 of them by 1920.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2021
Little fires were springing up everywhere, even on the gravel.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
