thrive
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Intestinal worms may help reduce inflammation, but new research suggests they can only do so when they have enough dietary fiber to thrive.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
The American college game is known for being brasher and noisier than the professional ranks, with Fery showing he could thrive in a rambunctious atmosphere.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
"In the winter time, when the weather's bad, that's kind of when we thrive... We're open 365 days a year," said Matuszewski, who described how the World Cup had galvanized interest in soccer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
After ridding your garden of visible ash, you might wonder how to tell if your plants will still thrive in the soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“May you thrive in your work and encounter many good things on your path in life.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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As a facultative anaerobic bacterium, it thrives in both oxygen rich and oxygen poor environments, allowing it to multiply inside the oxygen deprived regions commonly found within tumors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Keller, Texas, resident’s hobbies, which include travel and golf, wouldn’t replace the routine he thrives on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Bellingham, a player who thrives in big space, adapted his game.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
"AI thrives on recognising patterns. And legal citations and arguments are always formatted in the same way, so it's easy for an AI to follow a template and generate fake ones," said Charlotin.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
“A Fflam thrives on danger!” cried the bard.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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But Purohit took the letter to heart and moved her mom in, watching with relief as she thrived under Silverado’s specialized and attentive care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Dubai has always thrived on outside money,” said Alajaji.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
She said her business has thrived because she knows “how to turn a pivot into a pirouette,” knows how to manage people and relationships, and has deep industry knowledge and connections.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
With a racket in his hand—and when he could remember to keep his temper and his serve under control—Reggie really thrived.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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Most of what we could call our charismatic megaflora was hauled in here from elsewhere, and it throve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Japan’s economy wilted while Germany’s throve, adding several hundred thousand clean-energy jobs—part of the energy transition’s net macroeconomic benefit.
From Forbes ● Jun. 28, 2014
It’s a reminder, however, that even in the most horrific of circumstances, something remarkable more than survived; it throve and grew and eventually reached around the Earth.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2013
Jo Ellen Koenig was a pretty, auburn-haired baby who seemed normal in every way when she was born in Cincinnati on Aug. 29, 1954. and she apparently throve on formula and some Pablum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In the land of Goshen, the Israelitish settlers throve and multiplied.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
In England, gorillas have recently lived and thriven amazingly because the keepers now put plate glass between them and the staring crowds.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Taganrok has thriven rapidly, as Peter the Great foresaw it would do, and has become one of the most commercial towns of Southern Russia.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The luscious growth needs a good deal of fertilizing and care the year round, and generations of these simple folk have thriven upon it since the middle of the seventeenth century.
From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
The two Tortoises which survived have, as I said, now lived on my premises and thriven for three and four years.
From Addresses & Papers / Collectanea by Eade, Peter
The magnitude of this difficulty only appears the greater when we turn from the forty-seven socialistic experiments which have failed to the seventy-two which have thriven.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
The newest data out of Arkansas show it’s a no-brainer: The program is accountable to taxpayers, and students are thriving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Among the bad news are success stories, with some independent festivals thriving.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
A thriving new music venue in the heart of the Arts District “would revitalize business and foot traffic and people going out,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The blocks surrounding us were home to Jewish families, immigrant families, white and black families, folks who were thriving and some who were not.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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