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The current reality also underlines the idea that external intervention and privileging war over diplomacy has made conflict resolution ever more difficult in a region with a long history of imperial expansion, great power competition and bitter political divides.
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Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a great power in doing this, but also a great danger.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Modeled on the tragedy at Chappaquiddick Island—where Mary Jo Kopechne and Senator Edward Kennedy died under similar circumstances—Oates’ book shows how great power can beget violence.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
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Ioana Emy Matesan, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a great power in doing this, but also a great danger.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
In 2017, four regional rivals implemented a land and air blockade of Qatar, citing comments by its emir praising Iran as a great power.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Modeled on the tragedy at Chappaquiddick Island—where Mary Jo Kopechne and Senator Edward Kennedy died under similar circumstances—Oates’ book shows how great power can beget violence.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said mine-clearing and creating a warning system for maritime threats were more likely roles for the coalition than warships escorting commercial tankers though the strait.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Sánchez, during his meeting with Xi, praised China as the only major world power that could end the war in Iran and other conflicts such as in Ukraine.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to several interviews and contemporaneous records, Brockman offered a counterproposal: OpenAI could enrich itself by playing world powers—including China and Russia—against one another, perhaps by starting a bidding war among them.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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As former Tribune classical music critic John von Rhein wrote in 2016, the fact that Chicago Chorale’s members were all volunteers was the group’s superpower.—
Doug George,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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China has been mostly sitting out the conflict, at least publicly, viewing it as a spasm of violence emanating from a superpower hard-pressed to assert its hegemony over a weaker opponent.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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