The once-mighty apartheid state machine is no more.    From Wordnik.com.  [ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE INTERFAITH COMMISSIONING SERVICE FOR THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION] Reference

Whatever happened to the once-mighty American economy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show] Reference

The huge battering ram was made of the trunk of a once-mighty oak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons Of Summer Flame]

Here had marched conquerors whose once-mighty armies now were dust.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

The once-mighty U.S. dollar makes a pretty feeble tourist these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2008] Reference

I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Moore: Goodbye, GM] Reference

Since he took office the once-mighty greenback has plummeted a whopping 35%.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Shock Therapy" and The Freefalling Dollar] Reference

Huma came to an abrupt halt, thanks to the huge shell of a once-mighty tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legend Of Huma]

The announcement came a day after the once-mighty American International Group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudential Pulls Out Of AIA Deal] Reference

Look at him, and tell me if you see the progeny of a once-mighty civilization?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canticle for Leibowitz]

The once-mighty Pac-10 has been all but reduced to rubble by early departures.    From Wordnik.com.  [College Ball's Talent Deficit (and Why It Doesn't Matter)] Reference

We wondered, did something happen to the once-mighty river that feeds Lake Chad?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008] Reference

Eye-searing graser flashes illuminate the rusting bones of once-mighty buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Passage at Arms]

In a sign that global economic woes are hobbling even the once-mighty oil industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [ConocoPhillips Plans $34 Billion in Charges] Reference

Ford Motor Co. was down 30% and even once-mighty Toyota Motor Corp. was off by 23%.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Economic Ills Will Force Winner's Hand] Reference

The New GM will be a shadow of what the once-mighty old General Motors Corp. used to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the New GM, A Final Challenge to Please Drivers] Reference

Diehard fans of Chrysler's Corp. 's once-mighty Dodge racing cars were in a bad mood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong Track: Nascar Feels Chrysler's Pain] Reference

We've exported most of the good-paying jobs that sustained our once-mighty middle class.    From Wordnik.com.  [How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show] Reference

We\'ve exported most of the good-paying jobs that sustained our once-mighty middle class.    From Wordnik.com.  [How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show] Reference

Marc Solomon: you are, sir, spot-on, and Israel should welcome the once-mighty Royal Navy.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

FINAL CHANCE to protect what's left of your nest-egg, before the coming collapse of the once-mighty U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Year On, Obama's "Yes We Can" is Now "Incremental Change We Can Believe In"] Reference

Steps to revive Myanmar's once-mighty rice industry are raising cautious hope for this country's economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rice Sows Hope in Myanmar] Reference

Already, the once-mighty Fourth Estate is crumbling, under economic, technological, and now legal pressures.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Pinkerton: The Fate of the First Amendment--Huffpo Readers Get Their Cut] Reference

Suddenly, against all odds, the once-mighty Clinton campaign beginning to feel like the last days of Pompeii.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2008] Reference

As the once-mighty dollar continues to wane, it's proving a source of both risk and opportunity for investors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Falling Dollar Takes Investors for a Ride] Reference

The once-mighty U.S. manufacturing base, over 28% of G.D.P. in 1953, is now just barely above 11% of total output.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Pento: Is the U.S a Banana Republic?] Reference

Escalating production costs and cooling commodity prices are dragging down once-mighty mining and metals companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Costs Searing Miners Could Boost Metals] Reference

But the author's general point -- the sudden irrelevance of a once-mighty cultural taste-maker -- is an interesting one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tim Mohr: Rolling Stone is Gathering Moss, Big Time] Reference

February 7, 2008 | 11: 54 a.m. The once-mighty British economy is buckling, and the effects could be felt in New York City.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brace Yourselves--Trouble Across the Pond] Reference

The elves were now a shadow of their once-mighty strength; their self-exile from the outside world had sapped them of vigor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legend Of Huma]

Oil-rich nations, seeking to take greater command of their resources, are marginalizing the once-mighty Western oil companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Hits $100, Jolting Markets] Reference

In fact, in the past 12 months, the once-mighty Magellan has moved ahead of 71% of its large-cap growth peers, Morningstar said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investors Vote With Their Feet at Fidelity] Reference

CajaSur is struggling to digest a rapidly growing pool of souring loans from risky lending to once-mighty real-estate developers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spanish Bank Seeks a Savior] Reference

At stake is the threat of higher borrowing costs that could crimp government spending for years and undermine the once-mighty euro.    From Wordnik.com.  [E.U. Debt Crisis Widens; Spain Downgraded] Reference

The once-mighty American economy is now being kept safe from inflation because low prices in DOLLAR STORES are forcing the CPI down?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not smarter than a 5th grader: How runaway inflation has slipped under our radar] Reference

The Iraqi resistance mushroomed, the US got bogged down in an "unwinnable" war, and the once-mighty dollar shriveled into nothingness.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dollar the Size of a Postage Stamp] Reference

Who remembers that Charles Parnell, the once-mighty nineteenth-century Irish Nationalist leader, was felled because he loved a Mrs. O'Shea?.    From Wordnik.com.  [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]