Sentence examples for leverage to win from inspiring English sources

In agreeing to fund the government, Democrats lost their best leverage to win immigration concessions.

The FBI often uses the threat of deportation, as well as other forms of leverage, to win cooperation from informants.

I admit that right now we don't yet have enough leverage to win any major concessions from Beijing.

It is his determination to use the federal debt limit as leverage to win the "grand bargain" he covets on taxes, spending and social programs.

But it is not clear whether Republicans will be willing to give up what they might see as additional leverage to win concessions from Mr. Obama.

Those automatic changes could give Democrats substantial leverage to win tax code alterations on their terms, they say, especially if Mr. Obama wins re-election.

But Schwarzenegger showed his liberal counterparts how celebrity could be leveraged to win high office without the benefit of a precise ideological message.

And as one of us testified at a March 10 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, these differences can and must be leveraged to win the cooperation of the next generation of those who otherwise risk becoming our enemies.

Don't fake it, but if you are genuinely the underdog on an issue, you can gain the leverage needed to win the day.

Without organizing, workers lack the leverage necessary to win higher wages and benefits.

That character is the protagonist — Augie, Herzog, Chick, even Tommy Wilhelm, in "Seize the Day," who tries to leverage his pain to win respect.