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burgeon

[bur-juhn] / ˈbɜr dʒən /


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It’s why Redick’s got a plan to help this community rebuild, a foundation that will start with the rec center and burgeon into a lifeline for public facilities around Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2025

But dengue and Zika could burgeon in a warmer world.

From Science Magazine Sep. 25, 2023

As a result, the second joey, after it is born and has grown in the pouch, will be exiting the pouch around the time that spring grasses burgeon, when there is plenty to eat.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2020

The season’s traditions burgeon with messages of brotherhood and good will.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2019

Without doubt, Lamb's taste on several matters was peculiar; for instance, there were a few obsolete words, such as arride, agnize, burgeon, &c., which he fancied, and chose to rescue from oblivion.

From Charles Lamb by Barry Cornwall

And yet forced together for a few sticky Midwestern months by their young daughters, a relationship burgeons over kiddie pools and popsicles.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2023

Lithium ion batteries are expected to remain the dominant battery chemistry as the industry burgeons, especially in transportation.

From Reuters Aug. 6, 2021

Its emphasis falls on the folly of killing the thing that you wish would endure; terror burgeons in the gap between what was desired and what was achieved.

From The New Yorker Aug. 21, 2019

His childlike curiosity burgeons into an adolescent’s need for experimentation and, finally, independence.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2017

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

They acted, in effect, as lower court federal judges, until business and commerce and the law burgeoned.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2025

But as Jiang’s fame burgeoned, criticism and scepticism surrounding her skills also started to bubble.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2024

Research on SPMs has burgeoned in recent years, driven in part by the possibility that they could lead to drugs able to shut down damaging inflammation.

From Science Magazine Nov. 14, 2023

This was once a hobby, but now it has burgeoned into something more.

From New York Times May 24, 2022

The hedges burgeoned, and the fields were heavy with bounty.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Results in the last few weeks from both companies showed fast growth, burgeoning demand, strong margins and reassuring guidance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

McCollum thus became the face of the burgeoning data center backlash in Landover.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

It also allowed him to hone his guitar skills and make connections within London’s burgeoning blues scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The burgeoning young composer organized Bernstein’s music archives, sat in on recording sessions and audited his senior-level classes for three years while studying at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

She could feel it burgeoning within her, welling up like tears.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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