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Examples
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"The Italian press referred to this event as 'di miracolo in miracolo', hence the title of the book."
Beers named after footballers redux John Ashdown 2010
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The result was the Wirtschaftswunder in Germany, Les Trente Glorieuses in France and il miracolo economico in Italy.
What Comes After 'Europe'? Bret Stephens 2011
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They are forever talking about it to us, to me in particular, just as the old women in Naples cry to Saint Januarius, ‘Faccia gialluta, fa o miracolo, Yellow face, perform thy miracle,’ so our beauties say to me incessantly, ‘Tholomyes, when will you bring forth your surprise?’
Les Miserables 2008
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Hailed in the Italian press as the miracolo dei nuraghi (miracle among the ruins), Soru has rejected the advice of consultants and bankers to abandon his headquarters in a 19th-century Cagliari villa for more cosmopolitan digs in Milan.
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Dopo ripetuti vani tentativi, ecco il miracolo: la nostra eroina riesce a liberarsi dalla sua gravosa situazione.
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Strings: il miracolo della vita: un pupazzo viene alla luce.
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Secret passages were also made to debouch in the private houses of well-known Christians or buildings set apart for Christian worship; and it was from one of these walled-up doorways that I, Beppo Donati, myself saw _un miracolo_ performed and a legion of devils let loose.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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"Buon 'Dio, ecco miracolo!" said Castracane hoarsely, and kissed again.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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The officiant then announces, "Il miracolo é fatto", a Te Deum is sung, and the reliquary containing the liquefied blood is brought to the altar rail that the faithful may venerate it by kissing the containing vessel.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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He found his sister comfortably installed in Government House, where he himself took up his quarters during the next six weeks; Lady William Bentinck having been prepared to welcome him as her guest by her husband's letters, more than one of which ended with the words "e un miracolo."
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 George Otto Trevelyan 1883
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