gold rush
Americannoun
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gold rushes
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Etymology
Origin of gold rush
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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The prestige TV gold rush inspired plenty of marquee stars to jump ship, taking roles from deep-pocketed streamers for niche audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
“There’s a big gold rush happening at the moment,” said Evan Conrad, chief executive officer of San Francisco Compute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The first is that miners abandoned some donkeys in the region during the gold rush; the second is that a group of ranchers drove over a population of burros from Death Valley in the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Did a goat herder's lucky $200 nugget spark a gold rush in western Kenya?
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Most of those tribelets were killed off or dispossessed during or soon after the California gold rush of 1848-52, when large numbers of immigrants flooded the state.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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