boom town
Example Sentences
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A novelist, she had written the bestselling “Annie Jordan,” about a plucky heroine in boom town Seattle modeled on her pioneer family.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
Marysville was a gold rush boom town, more populous in 1860 than any other city in the state except for San Francisco and Sacramento.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024
In this big-wave boom town, the stats may not always be what they seem.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023
When the lake still existed, Keeler was a boom town.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022
In a boom town like Rochester, they watched as men of their class turned into financial and social success stories.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
