leverage
Example Sentences
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Yet while Iran is facing pressure at home, it continues to hold substantial leverage in talks abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Aggressive positioning shifts and heavy use of leverage — across options and ETFs, as well as individual stocks — have helped to turbocharge the market’s advance, according to McElligott and others.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
In the United States, some employees with stock options have made it rich and retired early, while in Asia chip engineers are now using their "immense" leverage over companies to get their way, analysts say.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The leverage the city has on the pending sale includes its status as a creditor seeking to recoup public funds spent to protect the complex with fencing and deploy police security to prevent vandalism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
After the battle in the Djerholm harbor, the merchling had come to Kaz to warn him that he couldn’t be used as leverage against his father.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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