intensity
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When the small girl wails, “Something scary is coming again!” the intensity of her terror shatters your heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
As the plane crossed to Florida’s east coast, a thunderstorm in its path was growing in intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The agency said this was particularly apparent where moisture had remained in the soil or where fire intensity was lower.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“That just underscores the incredible capital intensity of this build-out,” he said, adding that he tried to be relatively conservative in his assumptions but still arrived at “enormous” figures.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Small slips these are, memories they wouldn’t expect from a two-year-old, but my memories don’t differentiate—two days, two years, or ten—they are all the same weight and intensity.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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The comfort and springy design may allow athletes to tolerate higher training volumes or intensities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
A strong El Niño event - a periodic warming of an area of surface water in the Pacific that contributes to weather patterns - is expected to push more tropical storms into these higher intensities.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Mythos — trained to perform deep, multistep reasoning at higher intensities than previous models — is exceptionally good at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
When China is set aside, emerging markets continue to attract capital at intensities similar to the before the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Such is His mystery: that beauty requires contrast, and that discord is fundamental to the creation of new intensities of feeling.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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