Sentence examples for wield leverage from inspiring English sources

But there is an ethical way to wield leverage, as we stridently remind professional athletes when they complain their earnings no longer support their standard of living.

Mr. Ling also wielded leverage over Internet censorship of leaders' affairs, and sought to use it to benefit his patron.

The timing of a strike may depend on when the actors can wield maximum leverage.

With a Democratic primary in September, he is racing to establish a track record, to embody the role, to wield the leverage of an incumbent to ward off challengers.

Ms. Rice argues that a new round of talks will be different and that the United States will wield more leverage because the negotiations will take place while North Korea is under United Nations sanctions for the nuclear test.

In 1998, there were 60 wholesalers routing magazines to most of the nation's newsstands; now there are just four, which wield increased leverage over magazines struggling to get into consumers' hands.

"It puts in sharp relief the fact that large employers will continue to move aggressively forward with or without traditional healthcare players, and the value chain in the near future will likely contain new players and new influencers who will wield significant leverage to force change from status quo," said digital health market expert and NGP Capital's John Gardner in an email.

Importantly, they would wield enough leverage in their own organizations to influence its operations.

Until recently, Apple could ignore such demands because it wielded tremendous leverage.

"Rather than green-lighting more weapons sales to Saudi Arabia — and risking complicity in possible future coalition war crimes – the U.S. should be wielding the leverage it has to push its partners to comply with the laws of war, and make sure its own forces do the same".

Yet Dr. O'Day's lawyers argue that it is service providers like Verizon that wield the most leverage, since they have influence over aspects of the design of the cellphones that they offer to their subscribers.