Sentence examples for accelerate in popularity from inspiring English sources

Let us say this though: even the NFL didn't expect the International Series in London to be this successful, or to sharply accelerate in popularity from a solitary mid-season visit between 2007 and 2012 to three this year.

American football has been played outside the US since the 1920s and accelerated in popularity after World War II, especially in countries with large numbers of U.S. military personnel, who often formed a substantial proportion of the players and spectators.

This will accelerate in 2014.

The churn of what's rising or falling in popularity is accelerated in smartphone apps.

If the film is a hit, it could play the same part in accelerating the popularity of racing that "Tin Cup" did in helping the golf boom of the mid-90's, a surge that was led by the drawing power of Tiger Woods.

This trend accelerated in 2008.

Inflation is accelerating in Argentina.

That accelerated in the '90's".

This trend has accelerated in recent years.

Economic growth has accelerated in Thailand this year.

The economy accelerated in 2012 and 2013.