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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The U.S. seems impotent to influence events in the region.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A female caged with an impotent male produced clutches at roughly one month intervals.
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A society, apparently working well, can stand impotent before its most domestic and external threats and important opportunities.
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At one time such excluded or impotent minorities tended to be religious.
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At this point, economic incentives and bureaucratic rules alone are impotent to make him a useful citizen.
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Clearly, not all legislatures are impotent or dying institutions.
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Herta sometimes looks as though she could do with the odd impotent interlude.