impress
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But the 6-foot-5, 265-pound Bailey, an undrafted free agent from Louisville, continues to impress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
But it’s still possible to impress skeptical investors and flip a negative narrative.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tech stocks are set for a wobble on Thursday, as shares of memory makers Sandisk and Western Digital tumble following earnings that failed to impress investors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The only senior player other then Joao Pedro to particularly impress was winger Jamie Gittens, who made it three goals in three appearances in pre-season, following his two in behind-closed-doors friendlies against EFL opposition.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
If only there were some way to impress Angeline, cause her envy, make her say, “Can I have some of those berries, please, please, please?”
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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Arsenal have become renowned for being difficult to break down and new players repeatedly say that they are impressed and sometimes overwhelmed by the level of detail coming from Arteta.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The offensive lineman impressed during training camp and adds depth after the Chargers assigned offensive lineman Branson Taylor to injury reserve alongside two-way trenches trooper Scott Matlock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Not everyone is impressed by the low rate of new jobless claims, though.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Bethell, who also bowls part-time spin, could replace Lawrence, or regain his place from Jordan Cox, who has impressed with two fifties while filling in for Bethell at number three.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Initially the outside world was impressed with Hitler and the Hitler Youth.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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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
Fresh from impressing Iraola in New York, Chambers hammered home from inside the box in the seventh minute after Milos Kerkez got a touch on Szoboszlai's corner.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
But Rockets' bowlers held their nerve late in the innings as Spirit lost five wickets for 42 balls, with spinner Calvin Harrison impressing again with 2-25.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
As Elijah Muhammad spoke, the two Clay brothers practically led the applause, further impressing everyone with their sincerity—since a Muslim rally was about the world’s last place to seek fight fans.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Allowing for the changes produced by time, I think sufficient analogy may be found between the ancient and modern uses of the words "imprest" and "debenture."
From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various
In the rule given by the A.P.A. for the substitution of ed for t, lasht and imprest are given as examples.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
And e’en when this beauty your bosom has blest, The brightest o’ beauty may cloy when possest; But the sweet yellow darlings wi’ Geordie imprest, The langer ye hae them—the mair they’re carest.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
While mony a kiss the seal imprest, The sacred vow,—we ne’er should sever.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
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
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