influencing

The Sisterhood engineers bloodlines, manipulating matches between great houses to cultivate leaders the Bene Gesserit can control, thereby influencing the flow of power.

But he is rapidly inching closer toward influencing the federal response to infectious disease, vaccines and public health — which many scientists say would be detrimental to the nation.

High pressure, or an anticyclone, is currently influencing our weather.

The Fed's key rate - what it charges banks for short-term borrowing - sets a benchmark for lending across the economy, influencing how banks set interest rates for credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

"I don't only see them as getting paid money to promote sport for Saudi Arabia - I see them as influencing girls to believe this publicity and fall as victims like my sister."