Sentence examples for exert sway from inspiring English sources

Professor Acemoglu is concerned about the Kochs' well-organized attempts to exert sway over American politics (e.g., through Americans for Prosperity and its affiliated organizations).

From their stronghold in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan, the Haqqanis exert sway over large parts of southern Afghanistan and have staged major terrorist attacks in Kabul, American officials say.

Mr. Talabani exerts sway over Iraq's national affairs beyond the limited powers of his office, which is largely ceremonial.

But these crossovers then exert little sway within their own parties.

That gay women not only exist but also exert considerable sway has only begun to be acknowledged.

Given the slim Republican majority, the conservative lawmakers exert tremendous sway over the House leaders, who know they can scuttle any bill by withdrawing their support.

Some people live during long periods of contestation in which treatments continue to exert their sway, but the cancer does too.

Hearing Davies's description of the moment when plastic emerges from the machine, blown up through a tube like a bubble, expansive and changeable, it is easy to see why plastic bags exert such sway over the popular imagination.

Some proposals, like raising the legal cap on the number of charter schools allowed in the state, are strongly opposed by unions that exert enormous sway in the Legislature.

The project was seeded more than a decade ago with more than $100 million from the Kauffman family, one of a handful of wealthy local families who continue to exert considerable sway in the affairs of the city.

And in 2012, outside groups spent an estimated $2 billion in attempt to exert their sway.