leverage
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U.S. officials have also been briefing that all the “nuclear dust” must go, but would they retain the leverage to insist on that?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
“Iran enters the postwar period with leverage it didn’t have before, because Hormuz is now an established bargaining chip,” said H.A.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Stronger trade relationships with the rest of the world and China's dominance in rare earth minerals and advanced manufacturing have given him leverage.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"For China, the pipeline is about energy security and leverage, and less about dependence. It diversifies supply away from maritime chokepoints," he said.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Armed with information, experts can exert a gigantic, if unspoken, leverage: fear.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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