prosper
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Officials in Nevada, where casinos prosper, have emerged as some of the most forceful opponents of prediction markets.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
He added: "There need to be barriers, there needs to be prevention, and we need to look at it seriously to make people feel safe, to make the businesses stay here so they'll prosper."
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Both need each other to prosper and resent self-interested decisions their counterparts make that impact them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
No member is above the rules in a gang that lives by the importance of “equality” and “union,” but anyone can prosper as long as they remain loyal, said Manso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Your arguments will tend to prosper if they are founded on the common assumptions of your audience—or, in special cases, if the audience is minded to defer to your authority.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Yet to our mind the remarkable news of this anniversary is that our free republic has stood for a quarter millennium and prospers still.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Tom Roebuck, another wing who prospers in the air, is only just back from a broken toe.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Western analysts say the counteroffensive, even if it prospers, won’t end the war which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Now the area prospers largely from the tourist trade.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
St Emilion is now secure under his patronage, and the convent prospers as a result of my commerce with the local merchants and farmers, so Mother Ermentrude and the bishop are pleased.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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There were busts as well as booms - oil has always been a volatile commodity - but on the whole Aberdeen prospered, with the Granite City acquiring a new nickname: Europe's oil capital.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Americans made things, and prospered in the making of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Unsurprisingly, it's not just in Asia that Root has prospered against spin.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, the state’s economy has prospered as the Governor has welcomed companies and data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, northern cities like Chichen Itza, Uxmal, and Coba not only survived the dearth of rain, they prospered.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Fundamentally superior stocks are prospering from a stunning earnings environment as well as a booming domestic economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
“If we do all that, and everybody’s prospering and they’re all a part of it, and there’s upside for everybody, that’s going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there. Because everybody’s thriving.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
When they moved in 25 years ago, the soil was rich and trees were prospering, so Hofvendahl planted more, and more, and then more, turning his yard into an orchard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
But what really struck me during my conversations with the three new key cabinet ministers is that they all, without prompting, connect their chances of prospering with the fate of our whole political system.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
Even as they stood there, Ralph suspected him of secretly prospering.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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