shift/tip/tilt the balance of power
idiom
: 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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Luke Hales/Getty Images Jan 9, 2025,06:00am EST The Dallas Cowboys lead a top 20 that collectively racked up $3.9 billion in operating income, but the NBA’s new media deals could soon shift the balance of power.
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Brett Knight, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Israel is unlikely to be able to dismantle Hezbollah totally, but its goal may be to shift the balance of power in its decades-long conflict with the organization.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Trading D’Angelo Russell for Finney-Smith isn’t going to shift the balance of power in the NBA.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Iranian support for the Houthi rebels in Yemen and for dissident Shiites in Bahrain is more opportunistic than strategic and therefore unlikely to permanently shift the balance of power in either place.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2015
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Brett Knight, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Israel is unlikely to be able to dismantle Hezbollah totally, but its goal may be to shift the balance of power in its decades-long conflict with the organization.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Trading D’Angelo Russell for Finney-Smith isn’t going to shift the balance of power in the NBA.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Iranian support for the Houthi rebels in Yemen and for dissident Shiites in Bahrain is more opportunistic than strategic and therefore unlikely to permanently shift the balance of power in either place.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2015
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“Shift/tip/tilt the balance of power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shift%2Ftip%2Ftilt%20the%20balance%20of%20power. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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