formidable
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As the world awaits the findings on the devastating tragedy that claimed 260 lives, a cascade of formidable challenges has deepened the crisis at Air India.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Another reason why your Marathon Man is a formidable way to visualize your financial future: He must embody all of your experience.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
More than a decade into Xi Jinping’s rule, China’s military has grown more formidable, its factories dominate global manufacturing and its technology pioneers are closing the gap with Silicon Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“It may be a backhanded way of acknowledging that she’d be quite formidable if she decided to get in.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Henry Deforest took on the formidable task of providing food for the city; Samuel Benge took charge of carrying the sick to Bush Hill and seeing that the dead were properly buried.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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