work miracles
idiom
1
: to do the kind of amazing or wonderful thing that is believed to be only within the power of God
I'll do my best, but I can't work miracles.
2
: to do something amazing or wonderful
She worked miracles with the redecorating.
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There is an aura of confidence in the answers, along with a cultural notion that machines can somehow work miracles and act perfectly.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In the days following our interview water started flowing to the vast majority of Asheville due to the herculean work and response from teams sent in from all over — federal, state, and local — to work miracles on our water system.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Pochettino will not be expected to work miracles and win the next World Cup.
—Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Maybe first-year Falcons coach Raheem Morris can work miracles to create a pass rush.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
Craig Counsell wasn’t hired to work miracles with the Cubs.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
This experience helped shape my desire to be a part of making people’s lives better, to try to forge a world where families and children didn’t have to work miracles to survive or to live with dignity.
—Josefina Santos, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
Unfortunately, guzzling water from your Stanley tumbler won't work miracles for your heels.
—Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 30 June 2023
Many conservatives assume that the market can work miracles and produce firms which can educate the uneducable.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2010
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
In the days following our interview water started flowing to the vast majority of Asheville due to the herculean work and response from teams sent in from all over — federal, state, and local — to work miracles on our water system.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Pochettino will not be expected to work miracles and win the next World Cup.
—Rudy Chinchilla, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Maybe first-year Falcons coach Raheem Morris can work miracles to create a pass rush.
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
Craig Counsell wasn’t hired to work miracles with the Cubs.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
This experience helped shape my desire to be a part of making people’s lives better, to try to forge a world where families and children didn’t have to work miracles to survive or to live with dignity.
—Josefina Santos, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
Unfortunately, guzzling water from your Stanley tumbler won't work miracles for your heels.
—Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 30 June 2023
Many conservatives assume that the market can work miracles and produce firms which can educate the uneducable.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2010
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“Work miracles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20miracles. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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