shift/tip/tilt the balance of power
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: to cause a state or situation in which one country or group (such as a political party) has more power than a competing one
Their party's loss of two members shifted/tipped the balance of power in the legislature.
The law tilts the balance of power towards corporations.
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With the rise of generative AI, those same firms threaten to further tilt the balance of power between Big Tech and news.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
The result was that the liberal world that Americans had enjoyed virtually without cost would be overrun unless the United States intervened to shift the balance of power back in favor of liberalism.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
The high-stakes race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in the nation, with the potential to tip the balance of power in the Senate.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
Overhauling the Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law but faith in our system of justice.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
The result was that the liberal world that Americans had enjoyed virtually without cost would be overrun unless the United States intervened to shift the balance of power back in favor of liberalism.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
The high-stakes race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in the nation, with the potential to tip the balance of power in the Senate.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
Overhauling the Supreme Court would tilt the balance of power and erode not only the rule of law but faith in our system of justice.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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