power structure

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More practically, Ghalibaf is only one of the few Iranian leaders at the center of the power structure that is still alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In Steve McQueen’s dynamic crime thriller, Duvall plays a Chicago politician who has long been a part of the local power structure attempting to hand things off to his son.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The suspects, said NABU, had created a parallel power structure inside the state enterprise overseeing Ukraine's nuclear power plants, which supply half of the country's energy.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Within the current U.S. power structure, Baconi’s arguments are controversial.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2025

Austin taught Fuller to take on the upper class in the black community with the same zeal and uncompromising spirit that he used in confronting the white power structure.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson