miracle
/ˈmiɹ.ə.kəl/ noun B1- An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. · An example of a miracle associated with Muhammad is the splitting of the moon.
- A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.
- An awesome and exceptional example of something. · economic miracle· engineering miracle
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A miracle of heaven replaced me on the throne of my fathers after five-and-twenty years of exile.
SPRING had come once more to Green Gables--the beautiful capricious, reluctant Canadian spring, lingering along through April and May in a succession of sweet, fresh, chilly days, with pink sunsets and miracles of resurrection and growth.
“Let Memphis cease to boast the barbarous miracles of her pyramids, and the wonders of Babylon be talked of no more among us; all must bow to the superiority of the gigantic labor of the Cæsars, and the many voices of Fame spread far and wide the surpassing merits of this incomparable monument.”
“Everything is possible in this affair, even a miracle.”
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