crucible

That crucible reforged Griffin into a political phoenix.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The ruins of the Soviet command economy were also a crucible for innovation, said Kadri Ukrainski, who lectures on the subject at Estonia's Tartu University.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

“The larger world, if it doesn’t directly impact the day-to-day,” she told me, “becomes chaff that you kind of block out because you’re so focused on trying to survive this crucible that you’re in.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

Mr. Cain convincingly proves his central thesis: that Jobs’s years at NeXT were the crucible that transformed him from willful brat to seasoned leader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

With a sigh of satisfaction the boy set stones and crucible aside, and wiped the sweat from his hands upon his cotton kilt.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Wars, as ever, are crucibles for rapid development—and adoption—of new tech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

"Wales was one of the great crucibles of the Industrial Revolution, which was sweeping Europe and later the world," added Ms Protheroe-Jones.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

After mixing the precursors, another robot parcels out the mix into a set of crucibles, which are loaded into furnaces where they can be mixed with gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

The sun was pouring into the broad courtyard of the goldsmith’s shop, flooding ovens, benches, crucibles, with a radiance that made even the washing vats seem things of beauty.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw