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Recent Examples of great power
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.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
However, with great power comes great responsibility.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
But with great power, comes great responsibility and - in this case - comes greater fragility (a quantum state can be said to be brittle or fragile, mostly due to the speed at which machines at this level work) and greater potential for errors.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Wedged between Russia to its north, NATO member Turkey to its south and the Black Sea to its west, the former Soviet nation has for centuries been subject to great power contests sweeping across the mountainous South Caucasus region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
However, with great power comes great responsibility.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
But with great power, comes great responsibility and - in this case - comes greater fragility (a quantum state can be said to be brittle or fragile, mostly due to the speed at which machines at this level work) and greater potential for errors.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Wedged between Russia to its north, NATO member Turkey to its south and the Black Sea to its west, the former Soviet nation has for centuries been subject to great power contests sweeping across the mountainous South Caucasus region.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great 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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Iran is now producing uranium close to weapons-grade levels after the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers after the Trump administration withdrew.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Trump withdrew America from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018, setting in motion a series of attacks and incidents across the wider Mideast.JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Madame Web ends with the birth of Peter Parker and Dakota Johnson fulfilling her role as mentor to three Spider-Women who end the movie without getting superpowers.James Grebey, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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His victory was also a proud moment for China, affirming its status as a chess superpower.Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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