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prospered

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past tense of prosper

as in thrived

to grow vigorously the plants seem to be prospering on the new fertilizers

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to reach a desired level of accomplishment began to prosper after years of crushing setbacks

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Recent Examples of prospered In recent years, as several competitors have closed or scaled back, Dick’s has prospered. — Time, 9 June 2026 In turn, his legend prospered, and Mike the Tailor turned into a 50-year-old business. — Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 For four decades the appellation prospered on a reputation for concentration and the firm tannic grip of Syrah and Grenache grown in its famous schist soils. — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 In the 10 years since a landmark peace accord was signed with FARC guerrillas, much of Colombia has prospered. — CBS News, 22 June 2026 During the early 1900s, when copper, gold, zinc and silver production was booming, Bisbee prospered. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 May 2026 The Al-Khayyat family prospered under the previous regime, and some relatives were sanctioned for supporting the government and profiting from the war. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 June 2026 For 10 generations, the American republic has prospered. — John Stossel, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 An African nation bounded by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to its north has prospered a kinship in a town located in a state literally smack-dab in the middle of America — a town whose new college football stadium is accented by light towers made to represent wheat. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026

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Most of the show's cast have thrived after House's conclusion in 2012, though millions of fans still associate them with the medical drama, even all these years later.

— Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 July 2026
Unearthed in 1986, archaeologists believe that the site was the ancient Greco-Roman port city of Leukaspis on the Mediterranean, which was built in the second denture and thrived until the fourth century, the ministry said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

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As for the floral details, the look first flourished in the 1960s and '70s, and fashion has never been one to resist a revival.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Long before the Revolutionary War, numerous traditions of Indigenous music flourished in places later incorporated into the United States.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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