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Noun
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Advocacy, messaging and partnerships must go where the influence is moving.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025 -
Sports betting operators have no influence over newsroom coverage.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Only with Russia does Trump seem willing to forgo the leverage of America’s economic might and welcome a rogue regime into the ranks of normal nations.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
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The current administration may be bluffing when high-percentage tariffs are announced, but many automakers lack the leverage to risk another round at the poker table. Need a break?—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The interior is half taken up by the kitchen, plus an ordering counter and brief, shallow ledges for eating-in.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles Five stats and milestones that explain Steph Curry’s incredible season for Warriors Klay Thompson leads Mavericks past Kings in play-in after last year’s dud with Warriors Can Jimmy Butler fuel a Warriors playoff run like prior midseason acquisitions for Bay Area teams?—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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While at Westbrook Media, Haugen had credits like Red Table Talk on Meta and iHeart and the Fresh Prince Reunion Special on Max.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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The debt collections could also damage the credit score of many borrowers, since scoring systems are typically alerted when collections ensue, experts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes international relations fell under the sway of a powerful hegemon—or of outright imperialism, where a single state, such as Rome, or an outside invader, such as the Ottoman empire, dominated its neighbors and provided them with security.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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At one point in the play, young, brainwashed Henry, under the villainous Brenner’s sway, can only surrender to the dark magic.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Laura arrives there to rebuild her life, but the irresistible pull of quick money and crime immediately draws her back into a troubled past.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 May 2025
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America’s seeming inability to escape the pull of Vietnam’s symbolic weight shifts the focus away from the issues at hand by invoking the distant world of Vietnam-era America in which criticisms of misguided foreign military intervention or prejudiced domestic policies can be safely contained.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Counterinfluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterinfluence. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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