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crop circle
crop-duster
crop-dusting
crop mark
crop out
crop-over
crop rotation
crop top
crop up
cropland
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croque monsieur
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intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
happen unexpectedly: to appear or arrive, especially unexpectedly or from time to time ( informal )
Her name keeps cropping up in conversation.
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