powered
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Louis Vuitton, whose canvas bags powered decades of growth, launched the Capucines in 2013, a structured leather handbag named after Paris street where Louis Vuitton opened his first store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the midst of all of that, McBurnie powered a header on goal, but Oblak was equal to it.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The S&P 500’s latest trip back to near-record territory has been powered by a surprisingly small number of stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The municipality wasn’t saying, “We want you to stop drilling for oil, or get rid of gas powered vehicles.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Roz powered up and said, “Children, I can now speak, but I cannot move.”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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