have influence
Example Sentences
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On the one hand, European governments may have more to gain by staying on Trump’s good side and trying to have influence over Washington, said Mujtaba Rahman, head of Europe for Eurasia, a risk-analysis firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Its deeply reported stories have influence in an age when other mainstream news outlets’ clout has diminished in a fragmented media landscape.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
Richard Posner and Frank Easterbrook, two judges appointed by Ronald Reagan, have influence numbers that dwarf those of Murphy and St. Eve.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024
“It takes a fair amount of effort to learn how the system works and how to have influence in that system,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
Yet, their gathering—a group assembled around a table, an opening prayer or song, questions for the dead, and answering spirits—would have influence far beyond nineteenth-century Rochester.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
