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flourish

Definition for flourish

noun as in curlicue, decoration

verb as in wave about

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We’ve allowed some conservatives to make alliances with loathsome figures and permitted destructive currents of thought to flourish without appropriately forceful criticism or reproach.

For decades, this ambiguity has kept China guessing - a form of deterrence - while leaving room for economic ties to flourish.

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In this void of mistrust, all kinds of noxious ideas will flourish.

Nunes' cross that set up Haaland's header was the 19th pass in the move that simply cut through Liverpool until it reached its final flourish.

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Yet, among the cracked soil and intense sunlight, one native plant not only endures but flourishes.

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

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