Example Sentences

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Sea otters had flourished in estuaries like Elkhorn Slough until fur traders hunted the local otter population nearly to extinction.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

According to Jourova's spokesperson, X's Pickles said violent content had flourished online after the Hamas attack, not only on X.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023

She and her colleagues found that, compared with their numbers in the remaining lawn, plants, bats, spiders, true bugs and other invertebrates had flourished in the meadow.

From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2023

In a statement announcing her resignation, she told her constituents that Telford had flourished "against the odds, and despite many local and national challenges".

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Then more days had passed, more weeds had flourished, while he sat in the Field with his dead wife and infant.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry