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White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said restoring American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere involves “enlisting established friends to help bolster mutual security in the region and cultivating new partners in the region.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

These high-profile guests are aimed at maintaining public interest in the flights at a time when private space companies are vying for pre-eminence.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

But does City’s pre-eminence mean England’s top division is in danger of becoming a turn-off for billions of fans around the world?

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

A cricket nation steeped in the pre-eminence of spin bowling, is finally changing tack.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023

For all their pre-eminence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, composers from Austria and Germany would soon be competing for attention with a kaleidoscope of musical stars from elsewhere, notably Russia, France and the USA.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall