corridors of power
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corridor
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒr.ɪ.dɔːr/us/ˈkɔːr.ə.dɚ/
a long passage in a building or train, especially with rooms on ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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Such is the germ's strength that it induces a dream-like state of narcosis in the corridors of power.
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The pathways of modern life are also corridors of power, with power being understood in both its technological and political senses.
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This groundswell of public interest soon reached the corridors of power.
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His natural intellectual habitat was not the republic of letters, but his private study and the corridors of power.
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Holdgate's career was so varied and packed with action that the book becomes a scamper through the corridors of power.
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This last variety has been slowly growing since the 1960s, and is beginning to be heard in such places as international conferences and along the world corridors of power.
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After all, he has been diverted from the corridors of power to the tunnel of technology.
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Nanny belongs in the nursery of life, not in the corridors of power.
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This is not government but pollution of a very crude kind in the corridors of power.
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I have not had his advantage of having tiptoed along the corridors of power.
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I believe that those arguments are false, but they carry great weight in the chambers and corridors of power.
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It may have been that things were happening in the obscure corridors of power, but we did not hear that anything was happening.
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What has he discovered in the corridors of power that has changed his mind so quickly?
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It is a major issue and one which was discussed in the corridors of power just a few minutes ago.
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None the less, there are influences at work in the corridors of power.
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The exchange of views, which has taken place over many years now, has had an influence in the corridors of power in many countries.
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It patrols the corridors of power and dispenses its chardonnay and chips with flair.
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He is beautiful and much beloved in the corridors of power.
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I understand fully that this great industry has far too little political clout in the corridors of power.
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