boom town
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles was a boom town in the early 1910s and a war zone between the forces of labor and capital.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 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
Laukkaing took on the character of a Wild West boom town, where anything goes and anything can be bought and sold.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
