budding

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Time Warner’s 2000 merger with budding internet giant AOL, then the largest-ever corporate merger, ended in disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In its place was a budding love for the search for truth and beauty that math was offering, and a sense of purpose and meaning that he had not felt before.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

He was part of a band in middle school that performed songs he wrote, while a budding songwriting career began in his university years.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

But the secret behind his emergence as the best young shooter of all time had nothing to do with careful pampering of his budding virtuosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But now Jermaine’s face was glowing too, the blocks turning from brown to glowing red and then growing out of a brick wall, like flowers budding in fast motion.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore