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Two weeks later, in April, the company asked her to pay the $911,400 bill and then followed up with another bill shortly after indicating the amount due had grown to $916,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

He said that pupil numbers at Coláiste Feirste had grown substantially to over 1000, but the school could only offer a limited number of subjects at A-level due to a lack of specialist teachers.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Musk, who lived in California for decades, himself moved out of the state in late 2020, likening it to a sports team with a long winning streak that had grown “complacent” and “entitled.”

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Inter Ikea Group, the holding company that oversees Ikea, announced Monday that it was cutting 850 jobs, saying its organisation with 27,700 employees overall had grown too "complex".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

It had just sprouted a very small leaf the other night, but Seven had not noticed that it had grown to full size.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega