Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Pop up
Pop up verb - Appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
Both terms in one sentence
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If they just plain stop helping evil with it, and instead try to use it only as a weapon for good, the business will fail, and another law firm, beyond their control, will pop up to replace it.
Source: Artifact of Doom -
Both fail, though the epilogue reveals that resistance groups continue to pop up worldwide for years afterwards.
Source: La Résistance -
In the first two X-COM games (UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep), if you fail miserably for 2 game months and your organisation is on the brink of being disbanded, suddenly some "X-COM agents" pop up and pinpoint one or two alien bases for you to destroy and save yourself.
Source: Mercy Mode
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