clout
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Instead, he argues, it has a responsibility to use its clout to speed up the shift to cleaner operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the shift underscores a dramatic loss of clout by Comcast and other traditional media enterprises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mitra used Welltower’s clout to secure exclusive partnerships with some of the industry’s strongest operators while giving them better data, technology and incentives to improve performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Davis’s clout drew notable performers each year such as Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Lil Wayne, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to entertain hundreds of guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
In fairness to Uncle, it must be reported that he did always inquire whether or not Mig was interested in receiving the clout.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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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
He had risen, and stood now with his face averted, gazing out of the window where a row of clouts and linen garments on a clothes-line blocked the view of an untidy back-yard.
From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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