formidable
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In flag football, she catches passes and helps JSerra’s formidable defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
El-Sayed supporters rubbed shoulders with left-leaning influencers and union activists, a group that lent El-Sayed their formidable campaign infrastructure to reach Michigan's large organized labor community.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
North Korea has deepened ties with Russia and China in recent years and strives to be recognized as a formidable nuclear power rather than a rogue nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Arteta values physicality in his Arsenal side and moving Konsa, who is physically imposing, to right-back would give opposition attackers a formidable challenge.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
He gestured to the formidable band, fifty-strong, who had assembled at the side of the bandstand.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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