trump card

Example Sentences

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Pavlov said the case against Gershkovich was built to give Russia “trump cards” for a future prisoner exchange and will likely be resolved “not by the means of the law, but by political, diplomatic means.”

From Seattle Times

He has a trump card in his back pocket FOREVER.

From Fox News

Among her young followers, Ms. Aniston’s apparent fallibility may well be a trump card, said Jonathan Gray, a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin.

From New York Times

Normally a well-oiled machine, the Comcast company has had to overhaul operations now that it lacks some of its biggest production trump cards and is encumbered with a whole bunch of new restrictions.

From Washington Post

But what of Nottingham's trump card, star of dozens of big and small screen adaptations, its truly globally-recognised brand - Robin Hood?

From BBC