crucible
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“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Matt Freese is the latest to be thrown into that crucible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
But the boxing ring was once a very particular crucible of individual achievement and, as a result, the Louis-Schmeling wars came to reflect international relations and high-stakes propaganda.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
The long-term advantages of Jay’s Treaty, however, were wholly invisible to most Americans in the crucible of the moment.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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