influenced

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Influenced by the Chinese Civil War and the much-earlier Warring States period, the party believes that stability comes from control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Influenced by the Sex Pistols, Peters started the band The Toilets, who later changed their name to The Alarm, in Rhyl in 1977.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

Influenced by everyone from Steve Ditko to Bill Sienkiewicz to Denys Cowan, and even fine artists and printmakers, Jennings is a professor of media and cultural studies at UC Riverside.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

The plan suggests using immigration laws, counterterrorism laws, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law successfully used against organized crime.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

Influenced by a sordid love of gain, bred and brought up in the lap of ignorance and laziness, and pampered by effeminate habits, he leads a profligate life typical of utter demoralisation.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder