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Recent Examples of sea power But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 The United States has deployed three naval vessels—including two aircraft carriers—capable of operating F-35 stealth fighter jets across the Western Pacific this week amid China's rapidly growing sea power and expanding maritime activity in the region. — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 This partnership is a geopolitical and technical win for both sides, and yet another sign that uncrewed maritime systems are becoming central to modern sea power. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025 In these books, Dugin sees a looming conflict between Russia and the United States, part of an eternal rivalry between land and sea powers. — Iver B. Neumann, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2017 See All Example Sentences for sea power

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Japan’s victory over Russia in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 established it as a major world power.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Since its founding, our nation’s capacity to build at scale has made the United States a world power.

— Brendan Bechtel, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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Iceland, which has a robust coast guard but no army or defense ministry of its own, finds itself in an interesting position in a world of great power coercion.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
And unlike realist visions that justify a great power’s control over its backyard by pointing to its legitimate security interests, civilizationism offers an ideological justification for spheres of influence and their boundaries.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of great power

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Her superpower had nothing to do with vampires and everything to do with her staggering talent.

— Judy Berman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Just as Fisher was able to glean something new about David Beckham through his ignorance of the England star’s football career, Macdonald got under Guardiola’s skin by using his disinterest in the sport as a superpower.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

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