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The toll grew six-fold in May, the month of the fire, and reached 2,200 in July.
From the stltoday.com
It's people you grew up racing against, people you've dreamed of racing against.
From the news-journalonline.com
The lead grew to as many as 17 before the Ducks threatened in the final minutes.
From the sacbee.com
It grew from the assumption that nobody comes to Florida for our natural beauty.
From the news-journalonline.com
He reckons many of his competitors grew at least by 20% to 30% during that time.
From the forbes.com
As luck would have it, he grew the flower in his garden back home in Louisville.
From the kentucky.com
Michael and Abby grew closer, but he panicked when they drew closer to intimacy.
From the freep.com
Attendance grew through 2010 and peaked pre-election with a crowd almost of 200.
From the courier-journal.com
Mr. Tyler grew up in Oakland with his father, John Tyler, and sister, Christina.
From the post-gazette.com
- Turn: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
- Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
- Increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
- Cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"
- Mature: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
- Originate: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
- Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
- Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
- Develop: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
