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Last year, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Ghana’s sprawling capital Accra to demand the government take action, with hashtags #stopgalamseynow and #freethecitizens proliferating on social media.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
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The slaying of the serpent was a mythological superspreader, mutating and proliferating across the Indo-European world and beyond.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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This year’s Animation Is Film Festival is all about advocating for the growing stature of the flourishing medium in the filmmaking capital of the world.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Overgrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overgrowing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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