clout
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Nandy opted not to issue an “intervention notice” after striking an agreement with Paramount that provides “assurances and legally-binding commitments” that the company would not abuse its market clout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
To what extent will the No 10 operation be beefed up, and how much clout will No 10 North, Burnham's office in Manchester, have?
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig used her clout to convince Netflix to make her adaptation of “The Chronicles of Narnia” its first global theatrical release next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Historically, Saudi Arabia has played a significant role in doing that as OPEC’s biggest swing producer—giving it global diplomatic clout, including with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Uniting forces would give workers more clout to bargain with their employers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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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
This Agamemnon is a king of clouts, A chip in porridge,— Enter Ajax.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
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