crucible
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He’s on firmer footing exploring his two leads as they square off inside this smoldering crucible.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
There were lessons learned through that crucible, she admits now, and plenty of things she might do differently.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
The exchange endured even after his death in 1883, when Morisot’s private collection of Manet’s art became a crucible for her own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Johnny took the cracked crucible in his trusting hands, put in it silver ingots, set it on top of the furnace.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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