spring up

verb

sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up
Synonyms of spring upnext
: to grow or appear suddenly
The weeds sprang up overnight.
New housing developments are springing up all over the state.

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El Niño conditions also sprang up in 2015 but did not produce significant rainfall. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 This north-central Alabama city was born in 1871, springing up after the Civil War as the South sought to rebuild a leveled economy with an industrial lifeline. — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 El Mirasol had sprung up around a rural school, where children of sheep ranchers from the surrounding countryside came to study for extended periods. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Over the past 15 years, amid the rise in fintech, new companies aimed at everyday, non-accredited investors have sprung up. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spring up

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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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