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She was trained as a mathematician, and she thrived on adrenaline, riding motorbikes in her spare time.

Nike, a sports-shoe manufacturer, also thrived on a mission to defeat the enemy, first adidas, then Reebok.

A high-end fashion store in the heart of Colombo once thrived on the thousands of foreign tourists who came here every year.

Las Vegas also "thrived on irresponsibility" in a second, related, way, says Michael Green, a historian at the College of Southern Nevada.

It was a close family that thrived on competitions -- board games, cards, ping-pong.

The finding shows bacteria thrived on an Earth with no oxygen and boosts hope that life existed on Mars.

Ms Abramovic thrived on the energy of the audience, some half a million people over the course of the show.

Some deniers have thrived on playing a very specific role on a project and have been rewarded accordingly.

It was hard to avoid the impression that Nixon, who thrived on crisis also craved disasters.

For the most part, and on the outside, I was a good kid, a giggly tomboy who liked play sports and thrived on competition.

He thrived on this, but after 17 years I didn't like what the relentless production of a newspaper column was doing to my writing.

We've thrived on that over the last few years and hopefully the weekend will be the same.

Distributors in the west have thrived on fat margins for so long. Why would they want to sell low-cost products?

He thrived on the adulation of his underlings.

He was ruthlessly disciplined, versatile and prolific, and thrived on pressure.

He thrived on conflict and sarcasm; he and Allen would argue for hours at a stretch.

China's huge and complicated labor market has long thrived on cheap labor and lax regulation.

Mr bin Laden's brand of hatred thrived on both those grotesque stereotypes.

We have thrived on such relationships for nearly two decades.

Swedes are proud that their economy has thrived on the outside.

It thrived on two hosts: currants and white-pine lumber.

They found that Pseudonitzschia, a common genus of algae, thrived on the iron.

I enjoyed it. No, I thrived on it. I loved being the hero.

He thrived on it.

for years Hong Kong has thrived on the listings of Chinese giants.

Back in elementary, I thrived on misery

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