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crucible

noun as in retort

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The exchange endured even after his death in 1883, when Morisot’s private collection of Manet’s art became a crucible for her own.

Nor were the Dodgers on the cusp of the World Series, in the crucible of October.

It was more about surviving the crucible of the longest schedule in pro sports and celebrating that with the people who were with you every step of the way.

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"Bali is a crucible in a lot of ways of overtourism," she says.

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Some believe the territory's complex citizenship laws have inadvertently created a crucible of disenfranchised Haitian youngsters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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