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Recent Examples of great power
But with great power comes great responsibility for maintenance, security and management.
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Russia is our enemy and will be for at least as long as Putin's dictatorship endures (and the Russian people continue to succumb to nostalgia for great power status and empire).
—Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Pelosi still holds great power in the Democratic Party after being a large player in former President Joe Biden stepping down last year, with much of the party still holding great respect for her leadership.
—Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
Saudi officials, in common with their counterparts in the other Gulf states, have long sought to avoid taking sides in the emerging era of great power competition and strategic rivalry.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Russia is our enemy and will be for at least as long as Putin's dictatorship endures (and the Russian people continue to succumb to nostalgia for great power status and empire).
—Bradley Gitz, arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Pelosi still holds great power in the Democratic Party after being a large player in former President Joe Biden stepping down last year, with much of the party still holding great respect for her leadership.
—Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
Saudi officials, in common with their counterparts in the other Gulf states, have long sought to avoid taking sides in the emerging era of great power competition and strategic rivalry.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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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,
25 Mar. 2025
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Iran’s economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, particularly after Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Iran’s economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, particularly after President Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The legacy of colonialism and Cold War entanglements that drew parts of the region into superpower rivalries and proxy wars left many Southeast Asian countries wary of aligning too closely with any one major power.—
Lynn Kuok,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered the worst confrontation between Moscow and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - which is considered to be the time when the two Cold War superpowers came closest to intentional nuclear war.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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