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Pure economics — the emergence of China as a market for luxury goods — has leavened that dominance, a bit.

From Washington Post

This eastward return-wave of Celts upon the Teuton has leavened the whole mass; if you look at the leaders of Radicalism in England you will find they bear, almost without exception, true Celtic surnames.

From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant

It has leavened all literature and all legislation.

From The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 by Temple, Frederick

For, as the gospel is now generally set forth and received, that leaven has leavened well nigh the whole lump of it.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

The propagation of these two beliefs by journals of the newer school such as The Leader, Sinn Fein, and The Irish Homestead has leavened the whole mass of Irish life in our time.

From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)