Word: sprang
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chapin sprang a surprise in the dash by taking second place, but the hurdles were a disappointment for the Crimson in that Hauers, who was favored to place high, slipped in an early heat and failed to qualify. Fletcher was third. Murphy's race in the 300 was one of the features of the evening. He ran brilliantly for two full laps, leading a field of much more experienced men, but ran himself out before a sensational finish when two Dartmouth men snatched the two first places from his grasp...
...countless millions who time after time tumble over the discovery without stumbling on it would like to know just how he happened to see if and pick it up. And, if anyone is offering odds, wouldn't you like to wager a little that it all sprang out of a cookie jar incident or something very like it? -Los Angeles Times
...opened by some tumbling followed by an exciting wrestling match. Then with a blare of trumpets came the pageantry of the "Praying Colonels" and after them the war dance of the Lost Tribe re-discovered. Up from the south came the Alligators, hardly disposed of when the Tiger sprang into the arena, dieted on raw beef so long that all efforts to tame him were unsuccessful...
...annual fall squash racquets tournament G. D. Debevoise '26, who last week sprang a surprise by defeating F. I. Carpenter '24, has made another upset by his spectacular win yesterday over F. W. Crocker 2L. The efficacy of the seeded draw has been well demonstrated in this tournament, since Crocker is the only one of the eight seeded men who has not reached the fourth round, or who will not certainly...
...Furthermore, these large feudal estates produced only for themselves. The producer and the consumer were the same person, there being no inter-state commerce. We may call this period one of economic stagnation, which continued until about the eleventh century. Gradually out of this rural civilization there sprang up walled towns which became the religious and administrative centers...