troika

What’s striking about the men in this troika of prestige TV isn’t just their flailing, but their confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Three such titles this year are a heat-seeking troika that involve American notables who, after a period of relative domestic quiet, have showily returned to the international stage.

From New York Times ● May 24, 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

A three-person U.N. "troika" will submit recommendations to the British government next week.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022

“To my troika of Incorrigibles, the three cleverest pupils any governess could wish for. How go the multiplication tables?”

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

On this side road the contract requires but three troikas at a station.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox

From Barnaool we did not have the horses of the post, but engaged our first troikas of a peasant who offered his services.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox