Boomlets

Other candidates have entered with their own media boomlets, only to slip away without seriously challenging Mr. Romney's position as the leading candidate for the GOP nomination. ❋ Jonathan Weisman (2011)

Bumper crops led to baby boomlets nine months later, poor crops to noticeable slides in babymaking. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The reason: government assistance, insurance payouts and, in the case of the Midwest, production boomlets that inevitably follow such disasters will help regional economies recapture their losses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Their baby-boomer parents drove American culture with their passions and fads; 10-year-olds now represent the leading edge of another demographic burst; they're the baby boomlets. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It seeks to capitalize on two American boomlets: the rebirth of affection for a game that has ceased to be the national pastime; and the nation's current fascination with summing up the century with top-100 lists. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Buying boomlets have cropped up as people spend the francs, lire, pesetas and marks they had hidden from the tax-man; one German retail chain is openly urging people to spend their "black money." ❋ Unknown (2007)

If current trends continue in developing countries, Generation Me boomlets might soon be arriving around the world. ❋ Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge (2006)

The previous boomlets favored candidates with one quality in common - their perceived enthusiasm for fighting Barack Obama. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Trump, Bachmann and now Cain boomlets reveal a worrying disinclination among some Republicans not to value government management very highly. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There have been earlier boomlets of speculation about Oldfield, who was one of Princess ❋ Unknown (2011)

Evans, 67, had been the subject of boomlets that he might run for mayor in 2011, after Mayor ❋ Unknown (2010)

But things move quickly in the financial world these days, including oil boomlets. ❋ Unknown (2009)