sovereign
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Today the U.S. and the Vatican are, respectively, the greatest hard-power and the greatest soft-power sovereign entities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The first, passed in March, was an unusual measure giving the state the right to automatically appeal any decision holding that it didn’t enjoy sovereign immunity from suit.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Corporate spreads would widen 200 basis points, and emerging- market sovereign spreads would increase by 100 basis points.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
While it is the King's first visit to Bermuda as sovereign, he previously came in 1970 for the opening of the island's parliament and toured territory in an open-top car.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
I turned and lifted a corner of my pillow, and underneath it, on the snow-white sheet, there lay a beautiful golden sovereign with the head of King George V on its uppermost side.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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