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Verb
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Over the years, his connections proliferated, including a long stint as Orange County’s official attorney.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026 -
The problem really proliferated during the start of the pandemic.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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But times have changed, and over the last decade, the boys’ and girls’ programs have flourished.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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But as other reality-TV subgenres similarly flourished over the two-plus decades since, the Emmys responded by micro-classifying the shows and pushing most of them to the Creative Arts ceremony.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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That leaves us with Coleman, the Dolphins’ second of three fifth-round picks, a slot weapon who has thrived at all four of his college stops.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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The more drastic option of expanding the tournament to 96 teams or beyond would involve adding an extra week to a tournament that has thrived in part because of the symmetry of a six-round bracket that gets whittled down over three weeks.—
Eddie Pells,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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In turn, his legend prospered, and Mike the Tailor turned into a 50-year-old business.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Decades later, Playbill began covering theater with feature stories about Broadway shows as the White Way prospered.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Overgrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrew. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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