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The waters of the mighty Danube, Europe's second longest river, have dropped in parts to a record low due to prolonged rain shortages and successive heatwaves that have parched the continent since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The angry sea god Poseidon is reduced to rumors; mighty Zeus withheld to a few well-timed thunderclaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It's a nuclear power and a mighty military, by European standards.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
On the page, the mighty ships are reduced to stray dots like mouse turds.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The spinning of the earth causes these mighty waves to spiral endlessly to the east, building momentum as they go.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The dollar has always been mightier than the size of the U.S. economy suggests it should be.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Fugard, who was on the front lines of this activity, later acknowledged that, in the South African case, the pen was indeed mightier than the sword.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
The bigger the overshoot window, the mightier the cost.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
A more modern, but perhaps mightier threat to the corner store than that of the supermarket is the dollar store.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2024
No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
But the mightiest one for sure was Merlin, who became co-hosts Mexico's World Cup "ambassador" after videos of the family pet were shared on social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But draws against soccer royalty helped the Blue Sharks become the mightiest minnows the tournament has ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
One comic gimmick involves Appa’s superhuman grip that can subdue even the mightiest of men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Like their hero, the only masculine strength they seem interested in is the kind performed for cameras, far away from real-world challenges that might easily defeat their self-image as the mightiest of men.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
It was the mightiest on Earth, with hundreds of warships prowling the seas.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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