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crucible

noun as in retort

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You had to get through a crucible to get there.

From Slate

I think we all had hoped that the crucible that we would need to get through to reach that fourth founding was the past eight years and that, come January, we would begin turning the page into that season of rebirth.

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At the time, Howard was a crucible of political activism.

On the set of “Building the Band,” where Payne was a celebrity mentor to contestants and McLean the host — the two forged an unusually tight bond over their shared experience: starting their careers in the crucible of teen celebrity and later battling substance abuse.

The pop star’s shocking death placed a tragic spotlight on the ups and downs of the One Direction member who struggled most acutely to chart a post-boy-band course, and renewed age-old questions about how to support troubled young artists caught in the crucible of modern fame — as well as hold them accountable.

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

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