world power
noun
: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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Raisi, 63, was elected president at the second attempt in 2021, and since taking office has ordered a tightening of morality laws, overseen a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.
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USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
Rounding out the democratic world powers, Ménochet’s French President Sylvain Broulez is a grandiloquent blowhard who probably talks more than Japan’s reticent Tatsuro Iwasaki (Takehiro Hira) and Italy’s bumbling beta-male Antonio Lamorte (Rolando Ravello) combined.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
With the conflicts only escalating, the global stage is set for a direct conflict between world powers, all while American military strength seems to continue to falter and show our desperate desire to avoid conflict at all costs.
—Jacob Tackett, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
When, after the post-war years of austerity and misery, the country established itself once again in the 1960s as a world power to be reckoned with, thanks to the dual strengths of the canny Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the telegenic young Queen.
—Alexander Larman, TIME, 5 May 2024
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USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
Rounding out the democratic world powers, Ménochet’s French President Sylvain Broulez is a grandiloquent blowhard who probably talks more than Japan’s reticent Tatsuro Iwasaki (Takehiro Hira) and Italy’s bumbling beta-male Antonio Lamorte (Rolando Ravello) combined.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
With the conflicts only escalating, the global stage is set for a direct conflict between world powers, all while American military strength seems to continue to falter and show our desperate desire to avoid conflict at all costs.
—Jacob Tackett, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
When, after the post-war years of austerity and misery, the country established itself once again in the 1960s as a world power to be reckoned with, thanks to the dual strengths of the canny Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the telegenic young Queen.
—Alexander Larman, TIME, 5 May 2024
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