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By the end of 2023, head count had mushroomed to nearly 13,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Academics said the fraud had mushroomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, while legislation in the United States and European Union remained unable to combat it.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2022

Gareth Rees, a founder of the Tenby Aces cycling and triathlon club, said his group had mushroomed to some 170 members since the launch of the Ironman, many of them drawn from all over Britain.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2018

Within three years, it had mushroomed into a global chain with more than 140 locations in 11 countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2017

The gas had mushroomed into a cloud of steamy vapor.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry