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A landlocked country still widely associated with a horrific genocide in 1994, Rwanda has used sports to revamp its image, attract tourists and impress investors with its organisational efficiency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Gemini Spark did impress me with collecting everything I needed for Global Entry applications from my Google services, which a standard Gemini search with Personal Intelligence couldn’t do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Trying to impress the announced crowd of 75,500, which was as raucous as Riley remembered hearing in his four-plus seasons in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The point of the date is to get to know the person better, not to attempt to impress them with how much you can afford to spend.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Hanako remembered suddenly that the emperor’s name was Hirohito, but she was sure this little snippet of information wasn’t going to impress these girls.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Now seeing Williams every day, Redick has come away even more impressed by the 25-year-old’s character and leadership qualities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Georgieva said she was "impressed" by the spirit of cooperation between AI companies, governments and other stakeholders that she witnessed in Bangkok on the issue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

"New York has already been impressed with the result. Now it's Manchester's turn," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

This time—in scores by Respighi, Brahms, Strauss, Elgar and Tchaikovsky—I was far less impressed, though not because of any technical failings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Mother and Monty shared a look, impressed by her reasoning.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Leeds, impressing again under boss Daniel Farke, are also on nine points and in a potential Champions League place.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

So while federal agents swept Ole Miss’ building, Jones worked the phones, impressing upon deep-pocketed Mississippians the do-or-die nature of the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Buddhas float overhead like a divine ideal but also weigh down on their visitors, impressing on us the difficulty of ever reaching enlightenment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“You told me once to start by impressing you, General. I hope I have.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

I welcome thy spray As the prairie-bound hunter The dawning of day; No shackles have bound thee, No tyrant imprest The mark of the Pale face On torrent and crest.

From Indian Legends and Other Poems by Mary Gardiner Horsford

Remember only, that upon him, whose appearance thou shalt assume, thine shall be imprest, till thou restorest his own.

From Almoran and Hamet by John Hawkesworth

But here at any rate we can see the house in which he toiled—no genius ever took more pains—and the surroundings which imprest his mind and influenced his inspiration.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

What distils   Immediate thence, no end of being knows;   Bearing its seal immutably imprest.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4 The Higher Life by Bliss Carman

If I had been going into a real engagement I could not have been more deeply imprest by the importance of the occasion.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge