flourish

The theatrical flourish seems jarring, but so too is the historic moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Only weeks later, the administration announced a large influx of unusually cheap imported ground beef before publicly identifying all of its sources, leaving enough of an informational vacuum for unsupported horse-meat rumors to flourish online.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Bellingham was one of England's standout players, finishing with seven goals and an assist in his eight appearances, and his attacking qualities were allowed to flourish.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The head start and imbalance add to the urgency for Taiwan to develop a military-drone supply chain that can flourish without relying on Chinese components, Taiwan officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

With a flourish of her handkerchief and a forceful clearing of her nose, Tante Jans let us know that the moment for sentiment had passed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

His trademark flourishes included walls of windows and built-in furniture.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

That, of course, is how a business flourishes in changing and challenging times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Johnson has apparently instituted a number of USA-style flourishes into the program.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Surrounded by the gold-leaf flourishes that now line the walls of the Oval Office, they tell him they’re headed out on the great American road trip, and he looks like he couldn’t care less.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Being in Berkeley, home to many fine restaurants, I felt compelled to add a few over-the-top menu flourishes: The last item was one of Angelo’s homemade wines.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"Stromatolites could be more than 'just' a cradle of life where early microbial life flourished," says A/Prof. Burns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

It said grasshoppers had flourished during the hot summer, while butterflies had been able to complete their life cycle more quickly and emerge in large numbers.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

During the wet spring, she said, undergrowth flourished, leaving an enormous layer of tinder once heat waves took hold in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The handicraft flourished in Srinagar and later spread to other towns and villages across Indian-administered Kashmir.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

It is slightly tarnished and engraved with something that the boy thinks might be words in Latin, but the script is looping and flourished and he cannot make them out.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Her new parternship with 20-year-old Lexi Potter is flourishing and has allowed Walsh to get further up the pitch and play with more freedom.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The civil war in Sudan has further imperilled one of the ancient wonders of the world - the Meroe Pyramids, built during the flourishing civilisation of the Kingdom of Kush.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Steinem spoke explicitly about pushing the women’s movement beyond its initial concerns—essentially, the benumbed, unfulfilled flourishing of white middle-class housewives like her own mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Free from the traditional New York publishing bubble, Transit Books and Unnamed Press are building creative, distinct — and flourishing — literary houses on the West Coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Even with this mean work, he will do it with flare, maybe sometimes flourishing the toilet brush, maybe sometimes singing in his big, loud voice.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads