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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

In the great dark vault of a cathedral on the Rhine stands a wonder-working image of the Virgin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for Big Pa, Blue's mother's wonder-working grandfather who back in Africa had been great King Taki's oldest son, Cun Fred and Aun Fan are the most influential people in the settlement.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was not the first time that Brown had claimed a wonder-working discovery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behold here the wonder-working providence of the Lord.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various