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Recent Examples of wield
Nobody knows what’s going on over in Supporting Actress, which means the Globes can wield a ton of influence.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
The administration has joined the Magnificent Seven tech companies, which wield greater power than most nation-states, in fighting regulatory control of artificial intelligence.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
On Thursday, a 62-year-old former NYPD officer, allegedly wielding a sharp object, was fatally shot by New York City police officers at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2026
The United States went to war in 2001 and 2003 with a very moralistic, very crusading view of war, a very black-and-white view that there were good guys and bad guys, and America would wield the swift sword of justice.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
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In its rulebook, Kalshi explicitly bans insider trading from anyone who has access to material nonpublic information related to a contract, or could exert influence on the subject of the contract.—
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Guardiola may have defensive injury issues, too, but the respective physical toll exerted could not be more contrasting.—
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On her birthday, Kate released the last of her Mother Nature videos on social media, using the platform to promote her message of being outside among wildlife and open spaces as a key to her wellbeing and recovery from her cancer treatment.—
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Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.—
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Social media platforms can verify age by either requesting copies of identification documents, using a third party to apply age estimation technology to an account holder’s face, or making inferences from data already available, such as how long an account has been active.—
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The same doesn't apply to any amphibians who might want to join her in the night, however.—
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“Wield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wield. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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