hold sway over
Example Sentences
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Analysts say her departure as party leader could mark the end of the family's dominance in Thai politics, though some believe the Shinawatras still hold sway over Pheu Thai.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
Mexican authorities have repeatedly denied that cartels control the country, though security experts say that organized crime does hold sway over vast swaths of Mexican territory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,” form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024
In recent years Kissinger has continued to hold sway over Washington’s power brokers as an elder statesman.
From Washington Times • May 27, 2023
Then wilt thou be a greater king than thy father was, inasmuch as thou shalt hold sway over two great peoples.’
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Hearn, Ethel Harriet
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
