emerge
verb
to come out of something or out from behind something
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To appear slightly, suddenly or temporarily
pop up
to appear very quickly or suddenly
spring up
to appear or to be produced suddenly and quickly
crop up
to happen suddenly or unexpectedly
descend on
used about things that suddenly arrive or appear
come and go
to be present or happen for a limited time and then stop
break through
if something that was hidden breaks through something, it appears through it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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