pull wires
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He declared that he had made no attempts to pull wires for the publisher, and denied connection with anyone else mentioned in the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
So when the I.C.C. grants his latest request, Mr. Crowley, nicknamed "Pull 80 Cars" for his initials and industry, will have the right to pull wires on the boards of 107 roads.*
From Time Magazine Archive
But the crowd will pull every wire to get you off, and they can pull wires, all right—" "But on what evidence am I arrested?
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
He may lay pipes and pull wires, seeming for a little to succeed.
From The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men by Jordan, David Starr
Once in New York, I can pull wires, if need be.
From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane
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