hegemony
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The U.K. grudgingly passed the mantle of Middle East hegemony to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"The Industrial Revolution transformed the labour market, people's lives, hegemony, and power dynamics," said Marijana Grbesa, political science professor at the University of Zagreb, and a speaker at an AI conference in the Vatican.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Gorsuch, Neil M. T. “Overcoming a hegemony of ideas,” Columbia Spectator, Feb. 25, 1987.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Among the young, "hegemony" has slipped into everyday speech, shorthand for India's long shadow over Bangladesh.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
In the third century BC the era of Greek hegemony was over.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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