troika
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Warsh, Williams and Jefferson form the Fed’s policy steering group, known internally as the troika.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The second thing is that the movie stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy, a troika of charisma bombs who just have to show up for me to do the same.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Bakish will be replaced by a troika of executives who will form a new “Office of the CEO.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. function as a troika in the Middle East.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2022
Svetlana was given enough chores to occupy a regiment, from polishing all the family’s boots to making sure the horses that would pull the troika were properly shod.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
What counts, at least as far as selling the show is concerned, is the mash-up of a classic title with a modern sensibility, so that troikas and patronyms become sports cars and upspeak.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
At a horse show, Nehru was just getting interested in the trotting horses and troikas, when he was dragged away to see Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Thank you—well, I have only just gotten home myself. And I confess, I have grown weary of train schedules and troikas, seasickness and hot air balloons.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The rivers froze unusually early, and troikas had entirely superseded torosses on all the roads as early as the very beginning of October.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
I loved to see the troikas drawn by three horses, with great gold ornaments on the harnesses; and the drozhkis in which the isvoshiks drive standing up.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
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