flourished

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“We’ve had some great things, like bookstores and eateries that have flourished sometimes for a decade or two, but it faded out,” Kuntz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

But the situation risks entrenching trends that had already turned Kuwait—which flourished in the 1960s and 1970s—into something of an also-ran in the region after it struggled to rebound from the 1990 Iraq invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

White put in an excellent performance in the Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid and his partnership with Bukayo Saka on Arsenal's right-hand side has flourished.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

At the same time that Mayan civilization was developing, the Olmecs, sometimes called Mexico’s “Mother Culture,” flourished in the Valley of Mexico.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz