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world power

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Recent Examples of world power After years of negotiations, Iran and six world powers in 2015 agreed to a deal that limited Iran’s nuclear threat in return for lighter sanctions. — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 But this would likely set up a match out of the gate against a world power like Portugal, Germany or France. — Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026 Washington’s willingness to weaponize its technological dominance is pushing world powers to advance their efforts toward digital independence. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 3 June 2026 The courts must block this third-world power play. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for world power

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George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power.

— Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 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

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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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