flourished

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“We’ve had some great things, like bookstores and eateries that have flourished sometimes for a decade or two, but it faded out,” Kuntz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

But the situation risks entrenching trends that had already turned Kuwait—which flourished in the 1960s and 1970s—into something of an also-ran in the region after it struggled to rebound from the 1990 Iraq invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Tourism in Cuba previously flourished somewhat thanks to a diplomatic rapprochement between Havana's communist government and former US president Barack Obama.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The three-year-old was only getting sicker, wasting away before everyone’s eyes, as the mutant germs flourished.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French