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Few remember that the general's last presidential advice was a warning to the country to beware of the dangers of an overpowerful military-industrial clique.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was to be noted, nevertheless, as Captain Avery had said, that at the same time they were getting away out of reach of the overpowerful ship of the line.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

It made me very unwilling to turn in, but so overpowerful was my sleepiness, that I knew it would be impossible for me to keep awake much longer.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

Oftener than formerly did the originality of a foreign form of life produce an overpowerful influence on them.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav