potent
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The lesson is an introduction to the history of California and one of its most potent myths: that of the pioneers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Nick Plumb, a director at the Power to Change think tank, says that the sight of open criminality on the High Street fuels feelings of "powerlessness" - a force that's proving potent in UK politics.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Now, it is leveraging the potent cocktail of an American World Cup to pack its war chest with money it plans to redistribute to FIFA’s 211 member nations around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
To make vitamin K more potent, the team synthesized 12 hybrid vitamin K homologs.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
They were in need of food and he took with him a goatskin full of very potent and mellow wine to give whoever lived there in return for hospitality.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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