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In December 2006 Calderón had responded to the drug cartels by launching widespread security operations that grew to involve tens of thousands of members of the military.

In June, Bodrum made headlines when two shop owners started a fist fight that grew to involve 50 people over attempts to attract two tourists to their shops.

In 1999, Mr. Wills said, he was inspired by God to create a Christian basketball league, which grew to involve 60 churches and more than 100 children participating in Saturday games.

A scandal which began with the little-noticed arrest of a royal editor and private investigator and grew to involve some of the most powerful men and women in the media – and in government – has ended with a whimper rather than a bang.

The debacle grew to involve her youngest daughter, Piper and a lemonade stand in front of the governor's mansion in Juneau.

The scandal grew to involve a slew of additional allegations against the President, ranging from the improper use of government agencies to accepting gifts in office and his personal finances and taxes; Nixon repeatedly stated his willingness to pay any outstanding taxes due, and paid $465,000 in back taxes in 1974.

It began on April 5th and has grown to involve tens of thousands of employees.

WASHINGTON — A hunger strike by detainees who have been held for years without trial at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has grown to involve at least 25 prisoners, the Defense Department disclosed Wednesday.

That is good news for the summer and indeed beyond but why do I get the feeling that we haven't seen the last of an argument that has grown to involve not just the cricketer himself, or the WICB, but the Caribbean community Caricom and the prime ministers of St Vincent, Jamaica, and Antigua and Barbuda?

What seemed like a straightforward project had grown to involve complicated software and hardware audits, had disrupted several software development projects for key systems, and was going to demand some careful scheduling to get everything done on time.

In just two years, the loosely aligned groups have grown to involve hundreds of thousands of Russian youths between the ages of 13 and 18, their organizers boast.