Meaning of power play | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
2. A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
3. A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
4. A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
5. A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.

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“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.”

“This has become a power-play between England, Fifa and the Qatari leadership. England’s players have been very good on these issues.”

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