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clout

[klout] / klaʊt /




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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

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

But the shift underscores a dramatic loss of clout by Comcast and other traditional media enterprises.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

During the eighteen years of his reign, the city acquired diplomatic stature and commercial clout; its population grew to perhaps ten thousand and it established trade contacts throughout Mesoamerica.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

Makes some space and clouts Hazlewood over long-on.

From The Guardian Feb. 5, 2016

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

The broad linen serves to adorn themselves and their dead men’s sepulchers within, they also make clouts thereof.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley




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