flourished

There is also the problem why, if no such person existed, anyone should have invented him, and why so many people should have believed the story to the extent that a religion in his name flourished so quickly.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

There is also the problem why, if no such person existed, anyone should have invented him, and why so many people should have believed the story to the extent that a religion in his name flourished so quickly.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

Adam Levy remembers that, as the label flourished, his father bemoaned the Robinsons’ “uncontrollable” spending.

Hip-Hop Happens Daly, Steven 2005

Adam Levy remembers that, as the label flourished, his father bemoaned the Robinsons’ “uncontrollable” spending.

Hip-Hop Happens Daly, Steven 2005

(By contrast, the U.S. economy flourished from the mid-1980s until 2008 in part because investors and businesses were confident that the Fed would keep the nation on a steady growth path.)

Fed at precipice as it moves to boost economy Neil Irwin 2010

(By contrast, the U.S. economy flourished from the mid-1980s until 2008 in part because investors and businesses were confident that the Fed would keep the nation on a steady growth path.)

Federal Reserve's, Bernanke's credibility on line with new move to boost economy Neil Irwin 2010

(By contrast, the U.S. economy flourished from the mid-1980s until 2008 in part because investors and businesses were confident that the Fed would keep the nation on a steady growth path.)

Federal Reserve's, Bernanke's credibility on line with new move to boost economy Neil Irwin 2010

Jonah, who was in transports of joy when the gourd flourished, is in pangs of grief when the gourd has withered.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, again flourished under the protection of the laws; and the curioe, or civil corporations, were again filled with useful and respectable members: the youth were no longer apprehensive of marriage; and married persons were no longer apprehensive of posterity: the public and private festivals were celebrated with customary pomp; and the frequent and secure intercourse of the provinces displayed the image of national prosperity.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Note 259: Compare with Tenzer, "Iconography," 209: "Chess was a game of the courts that flourished from the 12th through the 15th centuries.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008