Example Sentences

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His Mango brand quickly mushroomed across Spain and has become one of the world's leading fashion groups, with about 2,850 stores worldwide.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The resident population doubled since passing the two-million mark in 2015, as brand-new urban areas mushroomed along the coast and in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

This was the version of reality she lived after early mental health issues mushroomed into full-blown psychosis.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

That precedent set a “great level of deference” as the standard of review for deployments that have since mushroomed across the country, circumscribing debate even in courts where it is not legally binding.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Again, racial equality was being forced upon the South by the federal government, and by 1956, Southern white opposition to desegregation mushroomed into a vicious backlash.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander