trump card
Example Sentences
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For decades, Iran has held a single geopolitical trump card in its pocket — the ability to shut down oil-tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
England rolled out six slow bowling options, with part-timer Joe Root turning out to be an unlikely trump card.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
If Stokes is England's talisman, Jofra Archer is their trump card.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Rare earths aren’t Mr. Xi’s only trump card.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Forty minutes later she was inside the physics building once more, arguing with the porter, but this time she had a trump card.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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