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  • verb Present participle of arise.

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Examples

  • This leads to a series of trade negotiations with the dwarves, the title arising from the intense interest the dwarves have in obtaining cars.

    Car Trouble (Wildsidhe Chronicles #6) by Myke Cole The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • This leads to a series of trade negotiations with the dwarves, the title arising from the intense interest the dwarves have in obtaining cars.

    Archive 2008-05-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • In which intrepid-but-naïve young man of action, Tom Kidd is thrust - by a Twist of Fate - headlong into a sequence of events which involve a life-or-death dilemma arising from the practical ramifications of a not particularly plausible but really neat scientific speculation … and solves this problem by having an adventure in the stars.

    Archive 2005-07-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • In which intrepid-but-naïve young man of action, Tom Kidd is thrust - by a Twist of Fate - headlong into a sequence of events which involve a life-or-death dilemma arising from the practical ramifications of a not particularly plausible but really neat scientific speculation … and solves this problem by having an adventure in the stars.

    The Great Books of the History of SF/F Movements Hal Duncan 2005

  • Now to this Psalm is prefixed a title arising out of an historical event; but before the event is described we are instructed as to the scope, time and application of the incidents underlying it.

    NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

  • But the account which they give of their sensations seems to me more like the nervous disgust which I described as arising from a constantly repeated mental and emotional adjustment to inharmonious surroundings.

    Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895

  • South Carolina, like the other States of America, has a well-known distinctive name, that of the "Palmetto State," a designation arising from the prolific growth of this species of fan palm in its marshy districts.

    Sketches in Charleston, South Carolina 1861

  • Fans of The Exodus Gate will be happy to see the return of familiar faces, and some real heroes arising from the action.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • Fans of The Exodus Gate will be happy to see the return of familiar faces, and some real heroes arising from the action.

    On My Radar: Stephen Zimmer's "Rising Dawn" Saga 2010

  • And they have the incidental authority to enforce foreign law to an extent under choice of law principles when they have jurisdiction arising from a source OTHER than foreign law.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Bybee Immigration Memo 2010

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