Example Sentences

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New COVID-19 cases in South Africa, which first alerted the world to omicron last week, have burgeoned from about 200 a day in mid-November to more than 16,000 on Friday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

New cases in South Africa have burgeoned from about 200 a day in mid-November to more than 11,500 on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

As he reveals, disparities have burgeoned during times of peace, declining only during wars and revolutions.

From Nature • Oct. 16, 2018

Like dozens of others that have burgeoned in cities across the land, it panders to the new permissiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cities have burgeoned by stealing the farm population.

From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi