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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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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
As nations everywhere compete to increase drone arsenals and build shields with counter-drone technology to protect their forces on earth, major world powers are battling to project power in space both to guard assets and threaten adversaries.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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Your ambitions have consequences, and developments in your career could put you in a more visible or influential position, but heavy is the head that wears the crown — with great power comes great responsibility.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Moments of great power are interspersed with long expository stretches of clangor and connivance.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Definition of great power

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What Gu-cheon Required Of Him In The East Palace, currently streaming on Netflix, Nam plays Gu-cheon, a man who can traverse the realm of spirits but whose gift is more of a debilitating condition than a superpower.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The Hittite Empire—which was the superpower of the time based in what is now southern Turkey—that vanished entirely, and its capital disappeared.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

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