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Recent Examples of world power
Syrian shock felt globally The upheaval of leadership in Syria has thrust the region and several world powers into an unexpected period of uncertainty.
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Donica Phifer, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Major world powers and the United Nations have failed to take meaningful action, allowing the violation of international law to go unchecked.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
This nation cannot remain a world power and a robust model democracy without a broad sense of ownership in our military.
—Lonnie Groot, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Chinese TV last week that Iran is ready to resume negotiations with the U.S. and other world powers to get a new nuclear deal.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Donica Phifer, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Major world powers and the United Nations have failed to take meaningful action, allowing the violation of international law to go unchecked.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
This nation cannot remain a world power and a robust model democracy without a broad sense of ownership in our military.
—Lonnie Groot, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Chinese TV last week that Iran is ready to resume negotiations with the U.S. and other world powers to get a new nuclear deal.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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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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The series takes the indelible line about the great responsibility that comes with great power and uses it to compare Spider-Man’s idealistic Boy Scout altruism to the goals of other characters who are good guys in their own minds, if not within the moral rubric of the show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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This reliance undermines Russia’s status as a great power by forcing it to consider and consult with Beijing.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2025
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Nine percent of the latter end up with unpleasant conditions—these people are called Jokers—while 1 percent develop superpowers and are known as Aces.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the divisional round, a super-talented Bills team with so much promise eventually yielded the way to the final four to another AFC superpower.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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