Very influential friends, who are presently doing their best to make my life even more difficult than it already is.

I need influential friends in high places who can give me information.

The man had many influential friends who might one day need a party planner.

I've sounded out the district attorney's office through some influential friends.

He seems to have had influential friends in the king's immediate circle.

He later became involved in politics and won influential friends.

Those who make it to the Presidency usually had some rich and influential friends along the way.

Now that I have such an influential friend, we'll be able to reason with you in the future.

She has a lot of influential friends in the company, so she's sure to get a good job there.

However, his character and influential friends made sure he was rewarded in other ways.