flourish
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This included efforts to limit the project's climate impact and measures to ensure that biodiversity continued to flourish.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The stories of Clark, Willingham and others brought institutional betrayal painfully close: the place where you hoped to learn, belong and flourish can become another place entirely, one where you must fight to be heard.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Tyler placed it between us with an elegant flourish; the steam carried the scent of glorious-secret spices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The electric automaker on Thursday unveiled its second-generation sports car with a flourish of engineering prowess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ekon laid out two giant leaves with a flourish.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
His trademark flourishes included walls of windows and built-in furniture.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Johnson has apparently instituted a number of USA-style flourishes into the program.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Shaboozey has cited Leone and Quentin Tarantino as inspirations in his work, and the new collection is stuffed—some will say overstuffed—with pulpy cinematic flourishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even the song Rock Music is full of manipulated vocals and electronic flourishes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
She had a small gap between her teeth and faded pockmarks on her chin, yet her eyes were beautiful, with thick, flaring brows and liquid flourishes that extended beyond the natural width of the lids.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But she flourished on the show, lasting right up to Thursday's semi-final.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
But not for Bloom Energy, the fuel-cell maker that has flourished due to data-center demand.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The used-car space had flourished in recent years, as new vehicle prices crossed $50,000 on average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Stromatolites could be more than 'just' a cradle of life where early microbial life flourished," says A/Prof. Burns.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Riding this tide of popularity, Maria’s Neues Blumenbuch sold well among wealthy townspeople, and her reputation flourished.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
He also threw himself enthusiastically into the flourishing local theatre.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Executive education programs are flourishing as business leaders confront an AI landscape they couldn’t have imagined when they were last in a classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Indeed, the words "HELP" and "SOS" have been scratched out in the weeds now flourishing on the exposed lake bed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Human flourishing has never been measured in job titles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This was at a time when the whole region of Tuscany, and Florence and Pisa in particular, was flourishing in the Renaissance.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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