formidable
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It highlights that many of the ocean's fastest and most formidable predators may also be among the most physically constrained.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
Swinney said he did not agree with Trump's comments, adding: "I think we have got enormous challenges about energy, but Scotland is an energy-rich country which is developing formidable renewable energy resources."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Her records were difficult to find, and as Beta illustrates in the book, over and over again, her work, her formidable talents, and her contributions were largely ignored or dismissed.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Even the formidable C. Aubrey Smith, as the gruff chairman of Colet & Cie., never crosses her directly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Understandably, it never occurred to Atahuallpa that the Spaniards were formidable and would attack him without provocation.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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