Example Sentences

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Lemonade already thrives on the tension between sweet, tart, and salty.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Bands like Health can sell out the Palladium, electronic body music thrives on dance floors and Nine Inch Noize was a favorite at Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Still, this regime thrives on delay and ambiguity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

"It's valak butter," he says, using the Persian word for wild garlic, which thrives in the foothills of the snow-capped Alborz mountains to the north.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The Dream thrives on generalization, on limiting the number of possible questions, on privileging immediate answers.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates