Thesaurus / preternatural
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An activist conservative and preternatural salesman, he drew national attention for his work on health care and welfare policy.
WISCONSIN: THE INCUBATOR FOR AMERICA’S TRIBAL POLITICSDAN BALZOCTOBER 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe author asserts here that Fabian Cancellara did not cheat with a motor, and that there is no evidence whatsoever that he did, apart from his suspicious hand movements and preternatural speed, which are purely circumstantial.
THE FAUX 2021 BICYCLE-TAX PLANWTAYLOROCTOBER 1, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEBoth runners have repeatedly displayed a preternatural ability to close on this course, saving a final burst of energy so that they can be a half-yard ahead of their competition just as they cross the line.
NEW YORK’S MAGIC ROAD MILE RETURNSMMIRHASHEMSEPTEMBER 11, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEHe said he had heard about my wonderful “flying-spears,” and declined to fight me if I used such preternatural weapons.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTSuch were the truths which Mohammed, with preternatural earnestness, now declared,--doctrines which would revolutionize Arabia.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDA preternatural dread of water rages among all the inhabitants of Rome, from the untitled down to the titled.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 2, NO. 2, AUGUST, 1862VARIOUSThe vengeance of Baldassare is almost preternatural; it surpasses the wrath of Achilles and the malignity of Shylock.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIIJOHN LORDBy a preternatural light in the chamber he observed distinctly everything around him.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANTAnd so peculiar were diseases, that the physicians declared their patients' troubles were preternatural.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANTThe mobility of air seems almost preternatural, when the proper conditions for setting a current in motion are supplied.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XV., NO. 388, JUNE 9, 1883VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PRETERNATURAL
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