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superpower

[soo-per-pau-er] / ˈsu pərˌpaʊ ər /


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That shift, she argues, turned Peru into a fishmeal superpower, responsible for roughly a quarter of worldwide production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In Kelce’s heyday, his superpower was reeling in passes from Mahomes and then picking up huge chunks of yards with his legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was a visual affair designed to project a new phase of managed competition between a prevailing superpower and a rising one — a message that Washington and Beijing are ultimately capable of responsible leadership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

New Great British Bake Off presenter Nigella Lawson is also on the front page alongside a chocolate cake, as she says "eating is my superpower."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

I wish the lightning strike had given me the superpower of invisibility.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Space exploration was dominated by international superpowers and agencies such as Nasa, which had the funding for such expensive work.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Learning how to fall and pretending you have superpowers can’t cancel out physics.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Xi Jinping, president of China, issued a call from the White House on Thursday that artificial intelligence remain “under human control” as the world’s two superpowers race for technological supremacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The superpowers of Italian Renaissance art tended to have great wealth, like the Republic of Florence; or great military might, like the Duchy of Milan; or both, like the maritime republic of Venice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A new race to build nuclear weapons pushed America and the Soviet Union toward a standoff that threatened not just the two superpowers but the entire world.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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