clout
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Paramount will also face restrictions on how it wields clout during negotiations for distribution of its basic cable TV channels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Even if Merz stays in post, his political clout and credibility, his room for manoeuvre inside a fractious coalition government, will be restricted.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Xi's diplomatic clout has also been on full display recently, having met this month with several leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, traveling to Bishkek, Cairo and New Delhi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
China’s response so far shows an awareness that its behavior is being watched by the many other nations where Beijing has cultivated clout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Shanti's on a full scholarship, and she has a lot of clout around here.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Kecmanovic gets himself to deuce on the Monfils serve, so Monfils clouts down an ace and quickly closes out.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2022
His clouts were described by The Times as “gigantic.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
The liner off Steve Trachsel, the shortest of McGwire’s mostly mammoth clouts that season, curled over the left-field wall at old Busch Stadium.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2015
The liner off Steve Trachsel, the shortest of McGwire's mostly mammoth clouts that season, curled over the left-field wall at old Busch Stadium.
From US News ● Oct. 9, 2015
One of their feet was covered, the other was naked, without having clouts, and poorly clad.
From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by James Endell Tyler
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