Next Lutnick ignored a potent threat from two rivals that merged to form BrokerTec.

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The sheer virulence of the infection, which can cause multi-organ failure, means it must be regarded a potent threat.

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The 21-year-old Canadian, who beat world No.4 Andy Murray in the previous round, provided a potent threat throughout the match but it was Ferrer who always held sway.

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Williams found some form in the second set to demonstrate what a potent threat she can be, but her Spanish opponent cleverly drew her into a long battle of attrition for the decider.

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Now Travelocity faces a potent new threat from its main suppliers, the airlines themselves.

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Slovenia squandered a host of chances in the first half with Milivoje Novakovic and Zlatan Ljubijankic posing a potent attacking threat.

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Fulham, who beat Italian giants Juventus in the previous round, have a potent attacking threat of their own in the shape of Zamora and the big striker once again showed why he is so often mentioned as a potential England forward.

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The threat of publicity could be a potent weapon.

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Such a motion was sensibly throttled this week, but the threat was potent.

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Whittaker, deployed in a more advanced role than normal, continued to pose Rangers' most potent threat at the start of the second half and almost scored when he ran on to Lafferty's head-flick and powered in a left-foot shot that Patricio did well to divert wide.

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The mere threat of Chapter 11 has also proved a useful weapon, albeit less potent.

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