Example Sentences

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New data centres -- warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are mushrooming worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

In nursing homes mushrooming across the Mexican border, elderly Americans are turning up for low-cost care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

USC’s deficit grew dramatically during the final year of Folt’s tenure, mushrooming from $158 million to upwards of $200 million — an increase of more than 26%.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

But experts say such strikes will need to be consistent to hunt down existing IS cells in Somalia and stop others mushrooming.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Anthony told me that we were going to be joined by someone they’d met at the burn the week before, a young guy known to them only by his mushrooming nickname: Paulie Porcini.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan