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Recent Examples of world power
Absent that shift, America’s decline as a world power is likely to accelerate, with great damage done both here and abroad.
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William Hartung, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Fortunate Sons chronicles this extraordinary journey, weaving together the dramas of the boys’ personal lives with the tale of a nation’s endeavor to become a world power.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2024
For a time, the trial with its deliberative character and its varying verdicts was a source of American pride and a pledge that America was a different, more just, world power.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran As president, Trump jettisoned the landmark Iran nuclear deal, signed in 2015 by President Obama and five other world powers.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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William Hartung, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Fortunate Sons chronicles this extraordinary journey, weaving together the dramas of the boys’ personal lives with the tale of a nation’s endeavor to become a world power.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2024
For a time, the trial with its deliberative character and its varying verdicts was a source of American pride and a pledge that America was a different, more just, world power.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran As president, Trump jettisoned the landmark Iran nuclear deal, signed in 2015 by President Obama and five other world powers.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Both great powers and smaller states know by now that the best way to deal with Trump is to shower him with pomp and circumstance, abstain from fact-checking him in public, make flashy but token concessions, and remain secure that by and large their core interests will be preserved.Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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However, with great power comes great responsibility.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The energy transition need not be a death knell for the Kingdom; the evolution offers it a chance to maintain its status as an energy superpower.Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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As chief executive of a superpower, Harris would also be able to quiet lingering doubts that women are equipped to make decisions of war and peace.Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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