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Recent Examples of world power
Iran’s economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, particularly after President Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
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Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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
As Trump’s letter made its way to Iran, Khamenei reiterated his refusal to engage with Washington, reminding the world that this is the same American president who, in 2018, unilaterally withdrew from the landmark nuclear deal brokered with world powers just three years earlier.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
However, such talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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
As Trump’s letter made its way to Iran, Khamenei reiterated his refusal to engage with Washington, reminding the world that this is the same American president who, in 2018, unilaterally withdrew from the landmark nuclear deal brokered with world powers just three years earlier.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
However, such talks have made no progress since Trump in his first term unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world 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
Noun
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Becoming a great power has coincided with the need to underline the indigenous sources of Chinese greatness.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Clearly there’s great power in coordination between agents, and there’s space for humans to pitch in too.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
11 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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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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