pull wires
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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
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
He had always known that Robina could pull wires.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
Sometimes they didn't tell their past records until the other side unearthed them, and then it was necessary to doctor court records, and pull wires all over the country.
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Sinclair, Upton
It was, in fact, through her ability to pull wires that Robina had so successfully held him up.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
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