full-blown
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Laconic Israeli commentator Itamar Eichner wrote the next morning that “Jerusalem had prepared for rain, but what arrived yesterday was a full-blown storm.”
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Spread by world fairs in European cities, exposure to Islamic design motifs actuated a full-blown aesthetic transformation in architecture, crafts and decor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
That’s assuming, of course, that the latest breakdown in trade negotiations actually metastasizes into a full-blown trade war.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In 2007, the actor Felicia Day debuted “The Guild,” one of the first works, maybe the first, to demonstrate that the web could be a legitimate platform for full-blown, character-driven, narrative comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He explained that it was important for Joe to take his antiretroviral medicines faithfully so that his HIV wouldn’t develop into full-blown AIDS.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
