third force
Example Sentences
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Soon, it becomes clear that he sees the United States as that third force, a conviction that will cost him dearly.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
The former prime minister's Perikatan has emerged as a third force in Malaysia.
From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2022
The party went on to win seats and became a third force in British politics in alliance with the Liberals in the 1983 and 1987 general elections.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2018
According to Bishop-Stall, a hangover is composed of two forces combining to form a third force of great evil, like warm water and a storm cluster smashing together into a hurricane.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2018
But for actual flight a third force is required—the propelling power, the necessary amount of which has greatly been overrated by many mathematicians.
From Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences by Krueger, Wm. G.
