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"ref": "2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record",
"text": "A pattern was emerging. Celtic were enjoying sustained periods of possession and pressure while Rangers were attempting to spring out on the counter.",
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"To break out; to escape."
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"ref": "1731, Robert Grotshead, The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Sons of Jacob., page 65",
"text": "After this shall rise among you a Star out of jarob, and a Man shall spring out of my Seed, which shall walk as the Day-Sun of Righteousness among the children of Men, in Peace and Meekness, and Righteousness, and no Sin shall be found in him.",
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"To emerge or arise."
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"ref": "2007, James Campbell, The Final Frontiersman",
"text": "Heimo and Edna have been “springing out” at one of their three cabins ever since they were married, twenty years ago.",
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"To spend the season of spring in outdoor pursuits such as camping."
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"ref": "a. 1387, Ranulf Higden, translated by John Trevisa, Polychronicon, Vol. IV, 287",
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