An understanding was reached, a balance of power shifted, a new card turned up on the table.

"If one party gets a little weight, then the balance shifts to their side."

The balance of power has now shifted in our favor.

"After last night, the balance has shifted too far for me to stop him on my own."

And the balance of power in the world would forever have shifted.

But the balance of power in the country is shifting.

She felt as if the balance of power had just shifted to her.

The balance of power, in that sense, has certainly shifted.

By the 1780s, the political balance in France had shifted.

"I certainly get the sense that the balance has shifted," she said.