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Influencers with large followings can still wield power as brand ambassadors, much like traditional entertainment celebrities do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“With great power comes great responsibility to wield that power,” Mitchell says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

But they’re part of a growing number of self-described creatives who wield legal protections, legitimate and non, as a cudgel against others.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Eliminating Wang’s network quietly clips whatever residual influence he might still wield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

I want to really get that movement of his elbows and wrists, the way he knew how to wield a chain saw.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

“Frozen III,” meanwhile, will see Anna and Kristoff finally get married before the sisters meet a mysterious stranger who also wields ice magic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

The network’s legal department now clearly wields a veto over its newsroom and primetime opinion stars.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

More recently, China has shown that it, too, wields potent leverage over other countries—including the U.S.—through its stranglehold on critical minerals essential for manufacturing everything from semiconductors to jet engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it's unclear how much power he wields.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

I took my hands away, and there was Kunthi waiting by my side with the patience of one who knows what power she wields, patient, like a vulture.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

For someone who never held political office — a 1999 bid for San Francisco mayor was a notable flop — Reilly wielded considerable influence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

All this shapeshifting gives few clues about what Butler has been pursuing all these years, aside from power itself, which he has apparently wielded in the person of Gabbard.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

In sweltering heat at a fuel station, 24-year-old Tushar wielded a hammer as he fitted a Trump face cover to a three-wheeled rickshaw.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

He wielded power from Tamworth, now a Midlands city of 80,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

He wielded the word like a knife; it came out of his mouth sharp with loathing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hundreds of police, some wielding sticks, were deployed near Shifa International Hospital in the capital Islamabad, with roads leading to the clinic cordoned off.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Los Angeles police officers shot at a man wielding a water pistol Monday in South Park, the department said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

McDonald’s remains the U.S. burger leader, generating roughly five times the domestic sales of Burger King, and wielding a billion-dollar ad budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Only a true and blustery hero can string it, much as we believe that only Damon can win a knife fight by wielding a pen.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Marietta was behind her, looking up and down the hallway, wielding a charred table leg in both hands like a bat.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older