gold rushnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈɡəʊld ˌrʌʃ/us/ˈɡoʊld ˌrʌʃ/a situation in which a lot of people move to a place to try to find gold because they have heard that gold has been found there
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Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- landfall
- outflow
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Examples from literature
- Many of them became prospectors during the gold rush.
- Perhaps someday, like California, the Moon will have a gold rush.
- The gold rush had begun.