under the sway of (someone)
idiom
: in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)
They are under the sway of terrorists.
He has come/fallen under the sway of terrorists.
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Most maddening is that so many people who clearly view themselves as liberal champions—ranging from Kagan to former president Barack Obama—remain under the sway of an antidemocratic, pro-monopoly ideology dating to 1981, in the early days of the Reagan presidency.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Adrien Brody fully embodies László Toth, a Hungarian architect who makes his way to America after World War II and falls under the sway of a wealthy businessman (Guy Pearce) who commissions him to undertake a massive project.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
China has been aggressively challenging this concept of openness in the South China Sea, particularly since 2013, on the dubious claims that these waters were once under the sway of emperors of long-ago dynasties.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to think of it is that these people are more under the sway of the director.
—Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, 29 July 2024
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Adrien Brody fully embodies László Toth, a Hungarian architect who makes his way to America after World War II and falls under the sway of a wealthy businessman (Guy Pearce) who commissions him to undertake a massive project.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
China has been aggressively challenging this concept of openness in the South China Sea, particularly since 2013, on the dubious claims that these waters were once under the sway of emperors of long-ago dynasties.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to think of it is that these people are more under the sway of the director.
—Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, 29 July 2024
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