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What something unexpected might do (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arise

(Other definitions for arise that I've seen before include "W B Yeats: 'I will . . . . . and go now'" , "Ascend" , "Get up or come up" , "Happen" , "result" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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