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prosper

[pros-per] / ˈprɒs pər /


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"I know he wants the country to prosper."

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“We can make it so they can prosper, but we prosper with them,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

This particular grift may have failed, but in a world built on massive structural inequality, grifters tend to prosper.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Maybe because an analyst at a second-tier firm who boldly goes where no one has gone before could live long and prosper if they even temporarily get it right.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Mama said that a transplanted bud doesn’t prosper.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

In his budget speech, Champagne warned that Canada is facing "a time of profound change" and that "bold and swift action is needed" to ensure the country prospers.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

“When Indonesia prospers, the region prosters,” Lee said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2024

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

She nodded and said, “I’m old and blind, but I still hear things. A fool never prospers in peace. Do you know what their magic is?”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Longevity prospered because these fit, caring and longer-lived grandmothers passed along their genes to more grandchildren.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Unyoked from racial prejudices and prohibitions, Eston’s progeny prospered.

From Salon Jul. 27, 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

I nodded without words; I would not stop; I could not while the lie still prospered.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Fundamentally superior stocks are prospering from a stunning earnings environment as well as a booming domestic economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Since their reintroduction to London three years ago, the colony has been prospering.

From BBC Jul. 1, 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

To be picky in the ocean after prospering in the pond.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2023

The motives behind building the new church were twofold: to resurrect the ancient splendor of Byzantium and to show the world the financial wherewithal of die prospering Greek American community.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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