fierce
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The fierce competition does not stop there, with world 800m champion Lilian Odira and Hodgkinson's training partner Georgia Hunter Bell among those who could also prove key players in those global showdowns.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
France's Environment Minister Monique Barbut said this month that the fierce heatwaves this summer would cost 10 to 15 billion euros.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
China’s DeepSeek is hiking prices for its flagship V4 models amid fierce competition among artificial intelligence players, though its latest prices remain well below its rivals’.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
By far the most common favorite memory among viewers was witnessing Jackie protect her young from fierce winter storms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Dragon Sighs are fierce this year,” Connor said, struggling to fold the map.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
The related drawings surrounding “Woman I” are even fiercer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s possible this year’s conditions could grow into a rarer and fiercer “super El Niño.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
They told us that we had done battle with fiercer adversaries in the past, and we would again someday.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
In a statement, McMaster said Graham was “irreplaceable,” calling him “the fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Apple has been one of the law's fiercest critics, calling on the EU to repeal the DMA last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
But it is the mandatory religious texts that have drawn fiercest opposition from education and civil liberties groups.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Though the fiercest rioting was on the West Side, General Throckmorton chose to deploy his paratroopers on the East Side, calling this decision “an operational convenience.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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