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The company has thrived amid the buildout of artificial-intelligence data centers, but its multibillion-dollar revenue backlog poses a contrast to its widening losses and heavy debt load.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

For years, the network has thrived by aligning itself with the emotional and ideological currents of its audience while maintaining just enough institutional credibility to shape those currents in return.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

The sector more broadly has thrived as most European nations set plans to increase their defense spending.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

Few observers thought the tiny enclave would survive, but it has thrived economically as the Manhattan of Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Most of the modern music in which convergence is most active has thrived in a relatively prosperous, educated milieu, dominated by the United States and Europe, where something approaching a cultural consensus exists.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall