come/crawl out of the woodwork
idiom
disapproving
: to appear suddenly usually because one sees an opportunity to get something for oneself
As soon as she won the lottery, people started coming out of the woodwork, asking for money.
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The back-and-forth rallies reflect a political divide that seems poised to become more pronounced in The Villages as its Democrats come out of the woodwork, re-energized by Harris’s entry to the race.
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Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The lawmaker said if polling begins to show members slipping in key swing districts with Biden at the top of the ticket, putting the House in jeopardy, more Democrats may come out of the woodwork to urge the president to drop out of the race.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 9 July 2024
And now, because of streaming or the just evolution of taste, there’s other songs that have come out of the woodwork that people like more.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
Every year, a number of films come out of the woodwork to challenge for industry awards and year-end recognition, and in 2021, Michael Sarnoski’s Pig was perhaps the ultimate example of this trajectory.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
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Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
The lawmaker said if polling begins to show members slipping in key swing districts with Biden at the top of the ticket, putting the House in jeopardy, more Democrats may come out of the woodwork to urge the president to drop out of the race.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 9 July 2024
And now, because of streaming or the just evolution of taste, there’s other songs that have come out of the woodwork that people like more.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
Every year, a number of films come out of the woodwork to challenge for industry awards and year-end recognition, and in 2021, Michael Sarnoski’s Pig was perhaps the ultimate example of this trajectory.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
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