Influence and Steer

Influence

Influence verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Steer and influence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Steer" instead a verb "Influence".

Steer verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Influence and steer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Influence" instead a verb "Steer".

Nearby Words: steered, steering, steerage, steersman

humanity	influence humanity	steer humanity
character	influence character	steer character
life	influence life	steer life
action	influence action	steer action
Other words: man, direction, control, someone, course, fate, plot, future, way, world, events.

Also, he uses his money and influence to steer the RU's government into an increasingly militaristic mindset, culminating in the rise of the Manifest Destiny party.

Source: Literature / What Madness Is This
These days, the world is slowly decaying, in a perpetual economic downturn, with a shrinking population, an unmaintained infrastructure, and various noble houses bickering among one another with none able to wield the influence to steer the planet to recovery.

Source: Tabletop Game / Dark Heresy
Those advantages can be various combinations of territory, influence, initiative and aji, and although which combination of advantages you get depends on your opponent's choices as well as your own, a good player will steer things so that the advantages they get work well with the rest of the board.

Source: Xanatos Gambit