mightily

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Using the most minimal means, the playwright Samuel D. Hunter achieves mightily powerful effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

It’s a stalemate that even a clever strategist would struggle mightily to resolve, and there is no evidence that Vance is an especially strategic thinker.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

The “Magnificent Seven” group of magacap tech stocks have contributed mightily to the S&P 500’s returns since the current bull market began in late 2022.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Mahan, on the other hand, tried mightily to portray himself as being above the dirty business of politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Picking his way toward Melynlas, Ellidyr put his shoulder beneath the saddle girth and strained mightily.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander