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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Bahrain put forward the proposal, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, as world powers grapple with how to release Iran's chokehold on the crucial waterway, which has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and threatened the world economy.
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Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
Bahrain put forward the proposal, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, as world powers grapple with how to release Iran’s chokehold on the crucial waterway, which has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and threatened the world economy.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
In July, 2014, at the height of negotiations between the Islamic Republic and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, my wife and I were arrested and thrown into Evin Prison, a notorious facility known throughout Iran for its cruelty.
—Jason Rezaian, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
That’s when Hussein decided to change tactics and attack Iranian oil tankers – to damage Tehran’s economy and hopefully get world powers to intervene to protect access to oil.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
Bahrain put forward the proposal, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, as world powers grapple with how to release Iran’s chokehold on the crucial waterway, which has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and threatened the world economy.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
In July, 2014, at the height of negotiations between the Islamic Republic and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, my wife and I were arrested and thrown into Evin Prison, a notorious facility known throughout Iran for its cruelty.
—Jason Rezaian, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
That’s when Hussein decided to change tactics and attack Iranian oil tankers – to damage Tehran’s economy and hopefully get world powers to intervene to protect access to oil.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for world power
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