have influence
Example Sentences
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“Night Nurse” is more about the microcosm of this sleepy retirement community — where money and power still have influence, despite their stasis — than it is the outcome of Eleni and Douglas’ affair.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
In closed-door meetings with city officials over the past decade, church leaders have indicated they have influence over the properties’ management, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Did I at best subconsciously treat Peter Mandelson differently because I believed him to have influence and power within the Labour party?" he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
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
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
