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.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
"The CCI has the whip hand and has, on occasions, adopted a 'take it or leave it' approach," he added.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022
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 • Jul. 13, 2022
By earlier this year, Iran held a whip hand in four capitals outside Tehran, and was building even further momentum.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2019
With seventy yards to go, Richardson abruptly released the saddlecloth and grabbed Woolf’s whip hand.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
