verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brandish/wield a knife (= wave it around in a threatening way )
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A man brandishing a knife burst into the room.
exercise/wield influence formal (= use it )
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The Federal Reserve exercises influence on the economy by setting short-term interest rates.
wield power formal (= use power - used when someone has a lot of power )
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The Church still wields enormous power in the country.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
authority
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He remained calm and imposing, a true Commander-in-Chief wielding sovereign authority .
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He wielded real moral authority , to my eye.
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But more characteristic was the visible manipulation of supernatural power by men and women who wielded authority .
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Shields fired when Kao, who was drunk, advanced at him wielding a stick, authorities said.
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The programme never described him as such, though he certainly wields the authority you would expect that title would give him.
axe
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I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land, wielding an axe against some giant tree.
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People who wielded axes and carving knives.
government
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Now a generation of southern Republicans, brought up resenting the interfering ways of the federal government , is wielding disproportionate power.
group
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In the chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group , she wields considerable influence in the Valley and beyond.
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Moreover, the actual spending will be tilted toward groups that wield the most political power.
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In any case, the whole process will be modified by the ability of each group to wield power and influence.
influence
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Culturally dominant and playing a pervasive role in the everyday life of élite and masses alike, it wielded enormous influence .
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Hillary Clinton is married to Bill Clinton; she used to be a lawyer and wields considerable influence as first lady.
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In the chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group, she wields considerable influence in the Valley and beyond.
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Most witches were women, often aged derelicts who wielded great influence over the people.
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Karajan was comfortable with his stature as a power broker and not at all shy about wielding his influence .
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Traditionally within the scope of human imagination only gods had wielded such mighty influence on the affairs of men.
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Conservatism went into relative eclipse. while Labour under Clement Attlee was able to wield influence in the coalition government.
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In any case, the whole process will be modified by the ability of each group to wield power and influence .
knife
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People who wielded axes and carving knives .
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The teen-ager reportedly said he saw a stranger wielding a knife , and ran from the house when the man threatened him.
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Read in studio A woman has been raped in her own home by a masked man wielding a knife .
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Despite all this wielding of scalpel and knife some issues remain resolutely fudged.
man
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Perhaps the man wielding the scalpel was not a qualified doctor at all.
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Both men wield wonderful, not to say mythic, influence to this day.
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Read in studio A woman has been raped in her own home by a masked man wielding a knife.
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As the new man at Century wielding the new broom, he expected that decisions and policies would come to his desk.
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And maybe they would be cowed not only by the discipline but by the man who wielded it.
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But more characteristic was the visible manipulation of supernatural power by men and women who wielded authority.
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These were not men who wielded feather dusters.
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However that may be, there certainly were great men , who wielded considerable political power.
power
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Mortal, I have never felt such great power wielded .
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The Vatican had exonerated him, and with the power and influence Maciel wielded , they feared no one would believe them.
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Rosebery left the Tabernacle, reflecting as was his wont, and thinking of this vast power wielded by one man.
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But for some countries, it is about power and who wields it in the United Nations.
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This is the power they wield: the mortal importance of no one knowing they are there.
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People were afraid to talk to me, but I had no sense of the power that I wielded over their lives.
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Despite the power it wields , the baby is weeping.
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I think perhaps she linked his degree with the power he seemed to wield in the outside world.
stick
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Monroe doctrine lives on as Bush wields big stick .
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Shields fired when Kao, who was drunk, advanced at him wielding a stick , authorities said.
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Apart from wielding the stick of trade sanctions - a worrying measure - the main option will be the carrot of cash transfers.
sword
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He was wielding a samurai sword .
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Recently a Nomura executive suffered the indignity of being taken hostage by a client wielding a samurai sword .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
use/wield the big stick
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The man moved toward them, wielding a stick.
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The rioters faced police who were wielding clubs and batons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the more one knew, the more control one could wield over circumstance.
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But it is outside the Pru, in the City, where Newmarch's muscle is wielded to the most dramatic effect.
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He remained calm and imposing, a true Commander-in-Chief wielding sovereign authority.
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Houses have been invaded at night by machine-gun wielding thugs.
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In the chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group, she wields considerable influence in the Valley and beyond.
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Now a generation of southern Republicans, brought up resenting the interfering ways of the federal government, is wielding disproportionate power.
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Yet racial, national, and religious power blocs have always been integral to how power is wielded in this nation.