boom town
Example Sentences
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Reminiscent of a frontier boom town, the human-built industrial port refines fossil fuels at a relentless pace.
From Los Angeles Times
Population growth has slowed in Mendota, a onetime boom town thrumming with life and surrounded by lush green fields.
From Washington Post
Other weatherworn, ancient-looking, wood buildings in various stages of collapse at first glance appear to be original structures — until you realize they were actually built after this boom town went bust.
From Seattle Times
Their daughter, Mia Salomé, was born in June 2018 in Iquitos — a one-time rubber boom town still only reachable from outside by plane or boat, though its streets buzz with scooters and three-wheeled taxis.
From Los Angeles Times
The garage was in a neighborhood that a century ago housed a railroad depot boom town, but was now gang territory.
From Seattle Times
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