influence
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The wiser course is to work with his government to check Chinese influence in the hemisphere and to build, carefully and gingerly, on the shared interest in a stable Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Fielder objects, arguing that payment could cast doubt on the couple’s motives and suggest they had influence over the finished film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Her all-round influence captaining an already stellar side cannot be overstated.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The discoloration is primarily cosmetic, but it may influence whether patients and families choose the treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 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 consistency strongly suggests a shared chemical and neurological explanation rather than unrelated cultural influences.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Religious students and their rabbis believe that if young ultra-Orthodox men enter the military, they will be exposed to influences and behaviours that may decisively turn them away from their community.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Her first album, “Los Ángeles,” became an avant-garde take on the centuries-old tradition, featuring influences of pop and rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
A cooperative CEO likely influences firm performance because he or she “can mobilize expertise and navigate complex organizations,” says Cai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
My unselfishness was responding properly to the influences of 1942.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
I set out to understand whether DAs were influenced by the desire to be viewed as tough on crime.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Another problem has been the record-breaking warm waters off the California coast, which are starting to be influenced by an El Niño-fueled dispatch of warmer ocean waters from the Peruvian coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
His children say I influenced him to do so.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
They are constantly influenced by gravity, stellar explosions, black holes, and interactions with neighboring systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Very much a man of his time, Copernicus was strongly influenced by the humanist movement in Italy and studied the classics associated with that movement.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Who are the people making or influencing a decision on rates?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
National Council for Voluntary Organisations' chief influencing officer Leigh Brimicombe said the current financial climate was "tough" for charity organisations.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Costume designers have long been overlooked for the importance of their work in creating and influencing mainstream contemporary fashion,” fellow fashion designer Tom Ford told The Times in a 2019 email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Even as the light beam changes shape while traveling, its topological structure remains, influencing how different regions of the beam evolve.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
But if the planets could determine the destinies of nations, how could they avoid influencing what will happen to me tomorrow?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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