clout
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Paramount will also face restrictions on how it wields clout during negotiations for distribution of its basic cable TV channels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
This may have spoken to his clout, since there often wasn’t room in there.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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
One morning, as I was employed aft under the captain’s directions, Andrews came up and complained that on opening his cask he found it stuffed full of dirty clouts and the sugar gone.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by James Durden
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