hold sway

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hold sway

1. to control. Each group that held sway over a particular strip of the Mississippi River controlled who used it.

2. to have great influence. Ten years after she correctly predicted the crash, she still holds sway among stock brokers.

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Teachers' unions hold sway over Democratic Party policy, so supporting vouchers is almost like touching the electrified ``third rail'' on a subway track, Stern said. OPPONENTS POUNCE ON QUINTERO'S DEBATE SLIP by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) IF THERE'S any subject where Marxist theories about economic exploitation still hold sway in America, it's military recruiting. Middle-class warfare: military recruits and poverty by Cavanaugh, Tim / Reason A Religious Right activist may soon hold sway over what Americans see on network and cable television. FCC hires Religious Right activist to serve as 'decency advisor' by Church & State More results

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Teachers' unions hold sway over Democratic Party policy, so supporting vouchers is almost like touching the electrified ``third rail'' on a subway track, Stern said.

OPPONENTS POUNCE ON QUINTERO'S DEBATE SLIP by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

IF THERE'S any subject where Marxist theories about economic exploitation still hold sway in America, it's military recruiting.

Middle-class warfare: military recruits and poverty by Cavanaugh, Tim / Reason

A Religious Right activist may soon hold sway over what Americans see on network and cable television.

FCC hires Religious Right activist to serve as 'decency advisor' by Church & State

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