powerbroker

Example Sentences

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Half a dozen peace initiatives have failed, none of them able to pressure or persuade regional powerbrokers to push for a compromise.

From BBC

But white powerbrokers in the north, in what is now Santa Cruz County, pushed back.

From Los Angeles Times

As head of the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association for two decades, Seabrook became a political powerbroker and held huge influence over how the city’s Rikers Island jail complex operated.

From Seattle Times

He hopes his bloc could gain enough seats in Saturday’s polls to be a powerbroker.

From Seattle Times

So ignore self-serving wannabe powerbrokers among the Democrats.

From Washington Post