At a minimum, the crisis has complicated the already delicate task facing officials at the Federal Reserve, who have been trying to slow the economy gradually in order to bring inflation to heel.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/business/economy/economy-banks-recession.html

Over two years of trade restrictions have failed to bring Australia to heel.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/china-australia-trade-war-shows-no-sign-of-abating/

The Government should establish a system of public funding for RTÉ and TG4 that is ring-fenced and indexed to inflation so that no administration can use the threat of withholding money to bring the broadcasters to heel.”

Source: https://sluggerotoole.com/2023/09/14/beyond-the-scaremongering-challenging-the-portrayal-of-sinn-fein-by-the-irish-establishment/

The one positive way China could use its leverage is to bring their dog Russia to heel and send them to the negotiating table after withdrawing.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/china%27s-xi-plays-peacemaker-on-russia-visit

The primary and urgent task is to bring the core of the president’s promiscuous Insurrection Act authority to heel.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/opinion/insurrection-act-congress-trump.html

They have denounced liberal “indoctrination” by the college faculty and vowed to bring the school administration’s “deep state” to heel and “Make NIC Great Again.”

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2023/03/11/gop-activists-set-out-root-out/