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overgrew

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past tense of overgrow

as in proliferated

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Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
As a result, no single authority can set priorities or quickly mobilize resources, and criminal organizations have proliferated in the bureaucracy’s seams.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

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Left to her own devices, the former Danity Kane and Diddy - Dirty Money member has flourished creatively.

— Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
In the Ming era, for instance, foreign beliefs such as Manichaeism, a Persian faith that had flourished under Mongol rule, were suppressed.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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While subgenres like alternative and metal have thrived, straight-ahead rock has almost seemed like a museum piece, with much of its sound and energy migrating to Nashville and morphing with country.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
But Kansas City is known for its cold weather later in the season, especially come playoff time, when he’s thrived in the past playing under head coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who returned to the Chiefs this year.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Mystic, when his great, great, great- grandfather prospered in the shipping industry.

— Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
The original finders prospered, with George, Jim, and Charlie making about $1 million in gold, while word of their discovery spread.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

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