boom town

Example Sentences

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A novelist, she had written the bestselling “Annie Jordan,” about a plucky heroine in boom town Seattle modeled on her pioneer family.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Marysville was a gold rush boom town, more populous in 1860 than any other city in the state except for San Francisco and Sacramento.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Laukkaing took on the character of a Wild West boom town, where anything goes and anything can be bought and sold.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

Irbil quickly grew into an oil-fueled boom town.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023

In a boom town like Rochester, they watched as men of their class turned into financial and social success stories.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock