troika

The CPR was supposed to be the progressive counterweight among the troika of parties that governed Tunisia before Sheratongate.
A Woman Blogger’s Scoop Helped Save Tunisia From Islamists|Thomas A. Bass|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is already not quite Dole/McCain/Romney, the troika calumniated as sellouts by Cruz at his CPAC speech last week.
GOP’s Whack a Mole Addiction|Michael Tomasky|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Next in line is the body louse—the only dangerous member of the troika.
Ding Dong, You Have Lice|Kent Sepkowitz|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Dwight Chapin is the least known of this troika, and was the first to be fired.
The Nixon Home Movies: Glimpses of Tragedy in ‘Our Nixon’|Eleanor Clift|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Couric could be a Today co-host, perhaps as part of a troika with Curry, who had already been offered the job.
Matt Lauer’s Bruising Year After Ann Curry’s Ouster Devastated the ‘Today’ Show|Howard Kurtz|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We were driven over in a troika, or droshky, with one horse trotting in the middle and one on each side, in full gallop.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands|George Francis Train
Death, with the grin on his fleshless face, is hurrying them along to it as fast as his troika can go.
Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers
We mounted our troika, the postillion shouted, and set off on a run.
Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2|John Lloyd Stephens
The gate was wide open and out into the street, careering with all its bells jingling, came a troika.
The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories|Anton Tchekoff
Troika, troi′ka, n. a Russian vehicle having three horses abreast.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for troika

troika

/ (ˈtrɔɪkə) /

noun

a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast

three horses harnessed abreast

a triumvirate

Word Origin for troika

C19: from Russian, from troe three

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