powers
Example Sentences
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Every time I do, I think of Jo charging into that doomed kitchen with “perfect faith in her own powers” and emerging with blackened bread and lumpy blancmange.
He felt trapped between powers that he didn't understand.
From Literature
Levitt, who worked in the administrations of presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, said this was partly because of the huge size of the United States but also a "separation of powers" and an "anti-corruption measure."
From Barron's
"We need such partnerships more than ever at a time when major powers increasingly determine politics," Merz said before boarding his plane, adding that the Gulf could also help Germany "diversify our oil and gas supply chains".
From Barron's
Regional powers had pushed hard to set up the talks in Turkey in hopes of opening a diplomatic pathway to avert a possible war while addressing their own concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles and support for regional militias.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
