Example Sentences

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However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

In April the stock rose more than 100% and powerfully broke above a double bottom pivot of $51.38.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Dame Sarah said: "Your Holiness, you have spoken powerfully about the many injustices in our world today, but you have spoken even more powerfully about hope."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Staring into the camera, they lock eyes with us, powerfully blurring the line between watcher and watched and reminding us that today the surveillance state is more powerful—and expansive—than it was then.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Its tremendous chords held all the sorrow and all the strength of the people of the city. sang the hundreds of voices, so powerfully the air seemed to shiver.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau