influence

We recently shared Katie Deighton’s fascinating look at the growing skirmishes between marketers who want to use Reddit to influence AI chatbots and Reddit moderators who want nothing of the sort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Such movements on global bond markets affect rates at which the US government can borrow money at, but also influence rates people pay for mortgages, car loans and credit cards.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Chef Norbert Niederkofler talked about his book “Cook the Mountain,” which is made with apple paper and bound in dried apple skin, and how sustainability in food can influence sustainability in fashion.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

These compounds are produced by gut bacteria and can influence biological processes related to gene regulation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

An Indian text written the same year that Rome fell—476 AD—shows the influence of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian mathematics, brought by Alexander as he penetrated Indian lands.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Areas below 2,000 feet are expected to benefit from more moisture and humidity as the marine layer deepens into next week, but “above the marine influences, it’ll still be quite warm and dry,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

In fact, he once said his three biggest influences growing up were Everton Football Club, Labour and the Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Other influences, including hormones, also play important roles.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Journal previously ran a Personal Board of Directors series asking prominent business leaders like Oscar Munoz and Carla Harris about mentors who remained influences throughout their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

What if she’d been able to find a place to live outside of Oakland, where there weren’t so many bad influences?

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

This decision was influenced by the fact that there had been a slight decrease in interest in the last couple of years.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The long end is still much more influenced by factors outside of the Fed’s control: How is the economy doing? What does the fiscal outlook look like? Is there more hyperscalers’ issuance coming?”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

"I was born and raised in Japan, but I'm not influenced by Japanese culture and tradition."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The AK-47 rifle is a good example: It was developed by Russian designers, influenced by a German assault rifle, then mass-produced by the Soviet Union’s sprawling factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

For bin Laden, who despised the Western influence on the Middle East, his religion, Islam, influenced his political beliefs.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

That agreement provides another clue that deep mantle movement is influencing the unusual deformation observed at the surface.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Not least because the meal-assembling robot companies that have seemingly disappeared are actually still influencing food start-ups.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The second bill aims to bar private investors from influencing a case — for example, telling a lawyer how many clients to take on or when to settle — in lawsuits they fund.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Brands rushing to Reddit in the hopes of influencing AI outputs are colliding with the platform’s fiercely protective moderators, the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Katie Deighton reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

She doesn’t know a thing about me, yet she wants to use one song to make me into the big bad villain who is influencing her precious son.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas