Example Sentences

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“Any time we turn something new on, it’s 100% guaranteed that anomalies or mysteries will pop out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Sometimes at the bottom of those undulations are culverts, or Department of Homeland Security vehicles will pop up.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

"You will know it when you see it. It will pop up and surprise you."

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

“Occasionally, news like this will pop a stock, but in this instance, the Nash news comes with a pretty serious Q3 warning,” wrote Gordon Haskett analyst Don Bilson on Thursday.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

“Nights like this are good for planting. The soil gets warm and mellow. Everything you plant will pop up out of the ground before you know it.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls