flourished

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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

But Wilson's lawyer Dauid Sibtain SC told the court that MacInnes's career had not suffered since the social media posts and had, in fact, flourished since the incident.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The ninth in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

And because it grew and flourished it got the power that money brings, so that to attempt to withstand it was like trying to stop the onward rush of the great juggernaut.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya