sway
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But Tehran drew a red line on the Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But with key Gulf producers shut out of the global market, pledges to raise output in a bid to ease spiralling prices are unlikely to sway traders.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
And now Beijing is trying to reassert sway over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Monotonously the lorries sway, monotonously come the calls, monotonously falls the rain.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Vocabulary lists containing sway
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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