as in strongly
in a vigorous and forceful manner
began to row powerfully toward the shore
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The tests measured the maximum power the subjects could produce with their quadriceps, sitting with a bent knee then trying to straighten it as powerfully as possible.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
The powerfully diminutive 68-minute Dahomey, which won the top prize at the Berlinale earlier this year, threads documentary with fantasy to capture these works’ rich and complex return back to Benin.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Valenzuela’s impact endured for so long and so powerfully that the Dodgers retired his jersey number in 2023 despite a long-standing rule that the team only did so for those who were in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Multimedia artist Alicia Henry, who fashioned modest materials such as fabric, paper, and wood into portraits that powerfully evoked her subjects’ inner lives, died on October 16.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
The powerfully diminutive 68-minute Dahomey, which won the top prize at the Berlinale earlier this year, threads documentary with fantasy to capture these works’ rich and complex return back to Benin.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Valenzuela’s impact endured for so long and so powerfully that the Dodgers retired his jersey number in 2023 despite a long-standing rule that the team only did so for those who were in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Multimedia artist Alicia Henry, who fashioned modest materials such as fabric, paper, and wood into portraits that powerfully evoked her subjects’ inner lives, died on October 16.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024
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Although not as right-leaning as other Deep South states, South Carolina maintains a conservative voting pattern and is considered a strongly red state at both the federal and state levels.The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Stewart has been critical of the county's election operations and, at times, toed the line of election denialism, while Navarro has strongly defended the board's handling of elections and sought to cast himself as a defender of democracy.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Beijing has vigorously denied those claims, which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly from US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Shake vigorously about 25 times, then strain into a chilled martini glass.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The daring — or fiercely independent — will find rental cars available through international and local companies at the airport and in some of the island's larger cities and towns.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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The film follows Kat Stratford, a fiercely independent and sharp-tongued teenager played by Julia Stiles who has no interest in dating.Jane LaCroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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And every big tax break makes other tax breaks harder.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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To prevent this, thoroughly clean and dry your cast-iron pans before use. Cracking: Dropping or placing a heavy cast-iron pan down too forcefully on your surface can crack the glass.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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No sooner has Tomáš begun working at the radio station than Weiner and his team begin to more forcefully push back against the news coming out of the Soviet Union and the Czechoslovakian government itself.Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Powerfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerfully. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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