troika

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Recent Examples of troika European leaders had tried to guide Trump in the days before Zelenskyy arrived, but Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen — himself, Putin and Xi Jinping — astride the world. Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, the troika of Freeland, Graebner and Ehrlich didn’t last long: Deadline understands that Ehrlich left after overseeing The Golden Bachelor, which culminated with its wedding episode in January 2024. Peter White, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025 For instance, instead of being forced to compromise the way co-CEOs often are, two members of a troika can just outvote a third. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024 However, the troika found little room among the airtight long-term contracts most teams and leagues carried. Matt Craig, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for troika
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troika
Noun
  • Capella is supposed to mark the position where the mama goat is sitting on the chariot driver’s shoulder, and that’s why it’s known as the goat star.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
  • Louella dies before the games begin when the District 12 chariot crashes during the tribute parade.
    Ashley Wolfgang, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The foul came when White was yelling toward officials during an Indiana possession with just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Fever leading the Aces by 23, when one referee signaled for a technical foul on the coach.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • Since then, however, the UCL’s most successful coach of all time has taken the Brazil national team manager’s post while Alonso now mans the dugout at the Club World Cup.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Ruby Miller said that Brad will have a chance to add his own twist to the menu at Carlo & Johnny, which opened in 2001 and is housed in a historic mansion that was once a speakeasy and a stagecoach stop.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Whereas oxen carts, wagons and stagecoaches once made travel of people or goods to and from Austin from anywhere else a discouraging task on muddy or dusty roads, suddenly the world waited at the city's front door.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Really, all Morgan Plus 8s are much the same, and promise a perfectly delightful driving experience, offering the most traditional British roadster traits in a car that can easily keep up in modern traffic.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
  • The combination is enough to push the merely 2,233-pound (dry weight) roadster from zero to 62 mph in just 4.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 149 mph.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Noun
  • Stellar Solutions continues to support the fund’s diligence process.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Evidently, the diligence just wasn’t there for the Fish through most of the night — but a spark in the bottom of the ninth injected some long-overdue life into the lineup.
    Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Amazon is slashing prices on classic hammocks and Adirondack chairs, in addition to long chaises for sunbathing and rocking chairs.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
  • Thankfully, most of the beaches here are not a place for cabanas or a chaise, but a blanket and cooler filled with local Imperial beers.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022

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“Troika.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troika. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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