clout
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Whether for clout on Letterboxd or simply bragging rights among friends, how one sees a movie has become a key part of the overall experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
How much clout and authority is it given?
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
His goal: dictate China’s destiny for years to come in order to grow the country’s power and match the U.S. in military might and economic clout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Uniting forces would give workers more clout to bargain with their employers.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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
These clouts they put away on entering a house, as we should put away umbrellas, and wear only socks in-doors.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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