puissance

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Brandi Carlile, tearing through her song “The Joke” with folk puissance, was the most emotional and the all-around best performer of the night.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

The puissance does not count towards the leading rider award.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012

Pepsi-Cola embraced the puissance of “Generation Next,” the New York Mets used “Generation K” to play up the prospects of three young pitchers and Parade, the Sunday newspaper magazine, has run articles about “Generation Wired.”

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2012

Kraut said in an interview she may also enter the 8-year-old Dutch warmblood in the $25,000 puissance competition, which is a high jump class for horses.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2011

Ce qui n’est pas en ta puissance Ne doit point troubler ton repos; Tu balances mal à propos Entre la crainte et l’espérance.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina