Thesaurus results for CRUCIBLES

crucibles

noun

plural of crucible

as in ordeals

a test of faith, patience, or strength soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war

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Recent Examples of crucibles After all, these were crucibles meant to test a driver’s car, courage, and constitution—full stop. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Between a courier caught in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak and a scuba diver swallowed whole by a sperm whale, both films put Abrams’ respective lead characters, Bryan and Jay, through uniquely harrowing one-man crucibles. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Forged in crucibles of traumatic childhoods and unthinkable loss, both Batman and Alice seek to right wrongs that the criminal justice system won’t touch. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026 Each member derives her own realizations from this experience, with its dual crucibles of grindingly hard work and pop adulation. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 25 June 2026 At the time, there was a chance of that being Neuer’s final appearance in one of sport’s great crucibles, and players of his calibre deserve better endings. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Most leaders hide their crucibles. — Ed Brzychcy, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 Crises’ crucibles often forge potent alliances. — Jamie Holmes, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026

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But passengers don’t have to be helpless during these stressful ordeals.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
The two have remained united throughout the murder investigation and subsequent legal ordeals regarding Kohberger.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordeals

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Each time a shutter fires, and each time a tire squeals, involves countless pieces working together to deliver a smooth outcome.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
After classes resumed at her oldest child’s school, Sierra Madre Elementary, following the fires, Harrison gave a presentation there on the relation between resilience and the predictive brain.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of fires

Noun

Both Disney+ and Netflix have laid down similar gauntlets over the past few years.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Perhaps in writing it, Salinger was trying to negotiate whether his remarkable survival through some of the war’s worst gauntlets could be chalked up to dumb luck, or divine intervention.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of gauntlets

Noun

During preliminary sea trials, operators aboard the carrier used the ship’s Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) to establish a beyond-line-of-sight connection with the aircraft through a satellite network.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
But that does not mean the two trials could necessarily proceed at the same time.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

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