grown

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The "high" and "significant" risk backlog has grown to £917m, a 71% rise in four years, according to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership figures.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Food can be exposed to lead as a result of the environment in which it’s grown or processed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Higher inflation in Germany would hit consumer spending, the institutes said, weighing on an already weak economy that has barely grown since a burst of pent-up demand after the Covid pandemic in 2022.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

I am thankful to have grown up in a bilingual country and to have attended a high school where we studied Molière in French and Shakespeare in English.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Meadowlark is staring at me like I’ve grown another head.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy