powers

Example Sentences

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“Not to mention she was raised on a chunk of Krypton so didn’t even experience super powers until her teens.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The allegations uncovered in this investigation represent a test for England's new football regulator, set up last year, which has powers to investigate current owners if there are concerns about their honesty and integrity.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Texas counties only possess powers explicitly granted by the Legislature, he wrote, and Hood County did not even have powers to require a concept plan.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Last year, I congratulated “60 Minutes” for, without a hint of BS about UFOs and visiting aliens, dealing forthrightly with antagonistic foreign powers operating drones in the U.S. to spy on U.S. military sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He would be a college student by the time he realized that he’d stumbled into a series of events that were moving the globe’s two great powers to the brink of the third—and final—world war.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin