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as in cultivated
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
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as in progressed
to become mature you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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as in became
to eventually have as a state or quality he will grow angry if we don't answer his question
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Recent Examples of grew Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination. —
Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Residents at the meeting also grew antsy. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 Cook grew Apple’s sales, market cap and share price tremendously, navigated though Covid disruptions, and has successfully advocated for the company in challenging political times. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 That's right, folks, apparently the slot machines in Las Vegas got tired of waiting around for people to play them and grew a pair of legs and a working brain. —Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Soorty recently grew its partnership with Haelixa. —Sj Studio, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026 Producer prices in March grew at their fastest pace in over three years, supported by higher oil prices amid the conflict in the Middle East, central bank data showed. —Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 In the statement posted on social media by his brigade, Mykhailov described the horror of losing men under Russian fire, as well as the constant assaults that grew more intense if the weather was too poor for Ukraine to thwart attacks with drones. —Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 The program grew slowly under the Biden administration, reaching about 3 million clients, before the current round of disruptions began. —Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Residents at the meeting also grew antsy. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 Cook grew Apple’s sales, market cap and share price tremendously, navigated though Covid disruptions, and has successfully advocated for the company in challenging political times. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 That's right, folks, apparently the slot machines in Las Vegas got tired of waiting around for people to play them and grew a pair of legs and a working brain. —Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Soorty recently grew its partnership with Haelixa. —Sj Studio, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026 Producer prices in March grew at their fastest pace in over three years, supported by higher oil prices amid the conflict in the Middle East, central bank data showed. —Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 In the statement posted on social media by his brigade, Mykhailov described the horror of losing men under Russian fire, as well as the constant assaults that grew more intense if the weather was too poor for Ukraine to thwart attacks with drones. —Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 The program grew slowly under the Biden administration, reaching about 3 million clients, before the current round of disruptions began. —Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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While some of the trees that produce the resin are cultivated, the vast majority grow in the wild.— Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
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Imagination, creativity and experimentation will all be cultivated at the OC Fair & Event Center’s upcoming Imaginology, a two-day festival of learning that is hosted each April at the fairgrounds.— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
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But as the tech progressed, so did YouTube’s efforts.— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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Moreover, these hyperactive behaviors became even more intense as the study progressed, showing a lasting shift in how the fish navigated their environment.— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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On May 29, 1961, Alderson and Chloe Muncy of Paynesville, West Virginia, became the first recipients of food stamps.— Charles Mitchell, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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By 1998, as the family drama deepened, the absence of the mother character became conspicuous.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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After its first flight following Christmas in 1942, only 1,435 of these fighters were produced before the war ended, as per the National Naval Aviation Museum.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
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The school has produced three Heisman winners (Steve Spurrier, Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel), a runner-up (Rex Grossman) and a finalist (Kyle Trask).— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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In her time working in the Bon Appétit and Epicurious Test Kitchen, Zaynab Issa developed almost 100 recipes.— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
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Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing behavior of social insects to build and dismantle structures without blueprints or central leadership.— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the appeal that got the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic onto the award ballots might earn him All-NBA, but did not lead to him getting his first MVP award.— Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Excited, yet anxious, over the prospect of reconnecting with the man that got away, the pair fortifies themselves with cocktails and bubbly during a boozy dinner.— Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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Since then, prices for many games have been raised further, sparking widespread outrage.— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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To this, the stoic Bednar raised an uncharacteristic (and bruised) eyebrow.— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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The programme includes 1,000 VOD specialists being retrained in planning and post-production in partnership with Netflix, and a flagship mentoring initiative targeting 300 aspiring creatives aged 19 to 34.— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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But their understanding of tone-setting has aged.— Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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