Gold Rush (Noun)
Meaning 1
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 2
A large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The gold rush to California in the mid-1800s drew thousands of people to the state in search of wealth.
- A modern-day gold rush began in Ghana when a group of miners struck gold in a rural area, leading to an influx of people from across the country.
- Historians point to the Klondike gold rush of the late 1800s as one of the most significant mass migrations in Canadian history.
- In the late 19th century, the Australian gold rush saw tens of thousands of prospectors arrive in New South Wales in search of riches.
- News of a major gold strike in Brazil set off a gold rush that attracted not only locals but also thousands of migrant workers from neighboring countries.