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Even if Merz stays in post, his political clout and credibility, his room for manoeuvre inside a fractious coalition government, will be restricted.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

There is a long history of outside nations courting Pacific island states for diplomatic clout.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Her gender and ethnicity once arguably worked against Kusama achieving clout in the art world in the early years of her work, but they eventually turned into major selling points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

What happens to brands’ AI clout chase then?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He suggested that the combined resources of the attendees, using their clout to access research, publicity, and people with money, could be marshaled to defeat the worldwide menace of TB, one project at a time.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

His clouts were described by The Times as “gigantic.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

If you were one of the 164,000 convicts transported to the Australian colonies, chances are you forked clys for screeves and clouts or worked the hoist to nail lobs and serve coves.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019

The liner off Steve Trachsel, the shortest of McGwire’s mostly mammoth clouts that season, curled over the left-field wall at old Busch Stadium.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2015

The liner off Steve Trachsel, the shortest of McGwire's mostly mammoth clouts that season, curled over the left-field wall at old Busch Stadium.

From US News ● Oct. 9, 2015

They cut off my snow-shoes and stripped off the clouts from my feet, which were as void of feeling as any frozen flesh could be.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond