whip hand
Example Sentences
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Liu said that the whip hand rightfully belongs to China, since its population gives it a potential consumer market “far exceeding the U.S.”
"The CCI has the whip hand and has, on occasions, adopted a 'take it or leave it' approach," he added.
From Reuters
Typically they are a ragtag bunch posturing to one another under the whip hand of a charismatic leader, like Stewart Rhodes — as Tuesday’s hearing revealed.
From Los Angeles Times
Sinn Féin hold the whip hand and can block that, if they so wish, because they have to elect a deputy first minister in the joint office.
From BBC
Nearby, the two military leaders of the militia turned political bloc, which now holds a whip hand in Lebanese affairs, were buried under cutouts of their likenesses.
From The Guardian
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