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rose

noun as in red-pink

Strongest match

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Detainees rushed to get trash cans and mops, but in some cells water rose.

He quickly rose to become a top organizer and leader in the party’s perpetual street fighting with political opponents, especially socialists and communists.

From Salon

The two, who rose to political power in the early 2000s on parallel tracks in San Francisco, have long had a complicated relationship, mixing mutual aid with jealousy and jostling.

The most recent official figures show that the number of children who receive free childcare hours in England rose by 33% in the 12 months to January 2025, to a record high of 1.7m.

From BBC

His father was a joiner and, though he rose to become general manager of the city's building department, the family stayed in the same Kelvinbridge flat.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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