Example Sentences

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“Even with this incident, not many people will be deterred. I am sure more illegal refineries will be cropping up in other places.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2022

In Cleveland and Philadelphia, art installations and performances — taking the form of neutral civic forums, partisan provocations and everything in between — will be cropping up all around the convention centers.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2016

But the large number of Iranians being trained as nuclear specialists, the country's huge energy reserves and the very long odds that biotech companies will be cropping up in Iran all inspire suspicion.

From Time Magazine Archive

"As far as I can see it will be cropping up in the future as well," said Diana ruefully.

From The Splendid Folly by Pedler, Margaret