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When Bush said during his 2003 State of the Union address that the American people had a "wonder-working power," it probably sounded like a nice turn of phrase to most Americans.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2020

When his mother carried the child to the wonder-working Rabbi he said: "Pain will make him wise, ugliness good, bitterness mild, and sickness strong!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Rumania's Dr. Anna Asian took an easier course: from modern chemistry's shelf of wonder-working drugs, she picked a familiar item that, she thought, had shown some rejuvenating effects.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wild rumors last week gave them credit for wonder-working superfuels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even on the galleys of wooden sciences, as if animated by the wonder-working hand of Bacchus, masts and shrouds fluttered out into vine-stalks and clusters.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich