mushrooming

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More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, new LNG terminals were mushrooming on the Gulf Coast, and Qatar was on track to expand its export capacity more than 40% starting around midyear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

USC’s deficit grew dramatically during the final year of Folt’s tenure, mushrooming from $158 million to upwards of $200 million — an increase of more than 26%.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

Ms Shehrbano said authorities have seen a "mushrooming of incidents" similar to that on Sunday.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

Anthony told me that we were going to be joined by someone they’d met at the burn the week before, a young guy known to them only by his mushrooming nickname: Paulie Porcini.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan