Sentence examples for seeking clout from inspiring English sources

"At this moment in Western civilization," Hrdy says, "seeking clout in a male world does not correlate with child well-being.

The R.N.C., in a brief filed in federal court in Virginia, would effectively spike that law by freeing candidates to solicit what could amount to a million-dollar-plus donation from any corporation seeking clout.

Energy groups are not alone in seeking classroom clout.

The site did not start out seeking political clout, said Justine Roberts, Mumsnet's co-founder and chief executive.

At the time, big banks and allied businesses had formed a powerful lobbying coalition seeking more clout in recovering assets in the growing number of personal bankruptcies.

Despite the ruling, some experts say they expect the trend toward larger hospital-doctor systems to continue as providers respond to the health law and seek greater clout with insurers.

Still, both countries are seeking greater diplomatic clout that they apparently reckon they can acquire only by constraining the United States.

In May, Lester Coney, an executive at a Chicago-based financial services firm, emailed a party finance staff member seeking a contact with "clout within the administration". Mr. Coney appeared to be referring to Gov. Mark Dayton, the governor of Minnesota.

Analysts noted that a growing rift between Turkey and Europe would only accelerate a shift by Ankara toward the Middle East that gained force as the euro crisis made the European Union increasingly unattractive to many Turks and as the leadership sought new regional clout in the wake of the Arab Spring.

On May 17, others will march on Washington's K Street, where lobbyists roam, not free, but in pursuit of princely paychecks from those who seek influence and clout.

Now that Russia is seeking to reclaim the geopolitical clout it had in Soviet days, it is wielding its vast energy resources, rather than missiles, to reassert itself.