sea power
Example Sentences
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Air and sea power can shape the battlefield but rarely settle the political questions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
But for Green, Tokyo set the conflict in motion with a more fundamental strategic error: its decision to be primarily a land power instead of a sea power.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022
Speaking on Russia's Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg, Putin praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great sea power.
From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2022
She said that Inouye was a strong supporter of naval sea power.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2019
There was the ferocious Benevedes, who flourished on the west coast of South America, and who, not content with sea power, attempted to gather an army.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord