Sentence examples for he leveraged to from inspiring English sources

Barack Obama came into office, in 2009, with large Democratic majorities, high approval ratings, and a massive economic crisis, all of which he leveraged to pass the most ambitious first-year agenda of any President since Lyndon Johnson, including an enormous economic-stimulus package and major reforms of the financial regulatory system and health care.

For more than three decades, Hoeness, 62, had been either club manager or president at Bayern, making him the longest-serving, most influential man in German soccer — experience and influence he leveraged to build Bayern into the mightiest club in Europe.

It's possible, however improbable, that Eric Schmidt has somehow been accidentally abusing his position at Apple to gain insider knowledge that he then leveraged to empower Google, all under Jobs' nose, and without realizing that he was competing with Apple.

After 1999, he leveraged his wealth to buy his way, quite literally, to the governorship.

In 2012, he leveraged his fame to raise awareness for Fish Fight, a campaign to ban the fishing practice of discarding edible catches after quotas have been reached.

He leveraged his experience to develop Cyber Dust, an app for disappearing text messages and photos that is similar in some ways to Snapchat.

He leveraged the Citizen Genet affair to convince the Washington administration to make an agreement with the Spanish for free trade on the Mississippi River.

He leveraged the only one to hand, shooting through a window and allowing Hall to fall into the writhing blob.

But "we live in a new age," he said, one where Mr. Gingrich's sales efforts are consistent with how he leveraged his political capital to start businesses after quitting the House, consulting for nearly $2 million for Freddie Mac, for example.

In the late 1930s, he leveraged his newspaper connections to launch a wire service that supplied bookmakers with the results of horse races.

Enron is more leveraged to natural-gas price increases, he said, than any other domestic gas company.