was mushrooming
- past progressive of mushroom.
Example Sentences
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The August Complex — which was mushrooming into California’s first million-acre fire — was encroaching on her neighborhood and she needed to prepare to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
At the same time, Mexico’s own economy was mushrooming, offering decent jobs for people who stayed behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
Arun, in terms of the tight deadline, it was because this was mushrooming and we felt an urgent need on Tuesday afternoon to weigh in quickly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
On Nov. 22, as the uproar over the article was mushrooming, U-Va.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2014
By any other name, the thermonuclear bomb was mushrooming into world consciousness as the most total single factor of power in history.
From Time Magazine Archive
