have a finger in

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Key to all action is a character named Kristin, who works out of the American Embassy’s office of Cultural Affairs and seems to have a finger in every pie.

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

In the Colonial era, “it was expected that you have a finger in many pies.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2018

The perch is a good one, observers say, since you have a finger in nearly every policy pie — and because Donilon is thought to do a good job of empowering his people.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2013

The Committee chairman, Andrew Tyrie MP, said: "It doesn't really matter what the scandal is – Barclays seems to have a finger in every one of those pies."

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2013

I never like to be out of a good thing, so, though I was not asked, I determined to have a finger in the pie.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.