How to Use power struggle in a Sentence
power struggle
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In part, this is why you might get caught up in a power struggle with someone.
— Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024 -
This is a power struggle to determine which side the scale tips in this battle.
— Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Musk, who had been on OpenAI’s board, left on a sour note in 2018 after a power struggle.
— Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023 -
This new Adams commission was born out of his power struggle with the City Council.
— Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024 -
Leo July 23 – August 22 A power struggle in a close relationship could weigh on you over the course of the day.
— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024 -
He was fired a year later amid a power struggle with the school’s president as well as the aftermath of the DUI arrest.
— John Raby, ajc, 25 June 2023 -
On paper, such a duo could result in a power struggle and create rifts within the locker room.
— Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024 -
To take an example on a much greater scale, Steve Jobs himself was fired from Apple in 1985 after a power struggle with the board.
— Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023 -
But just because there is a power struggle, that doesn’t mean that the system will ultimately change.
— Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The power struggle at Hybe has wiped out 27% of Hybe’s market value since the dispute between Min and the company first surfaced in mid-April.
— Sohee Kim / Bloomberg, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The new book is a detailed investigation into the power struggle at Twitter, now called X, in the last few years.
— Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024 -
But thereafter, Melania would still spend some of her time as first lady engaged in a power struggle with Ivanka, Rogers wrote.
— Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Analysts say the coup is believed to have been triggered by a power struggle between Tchiani and the president, who was about to fire him.
— Sam Mednick, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Aries March 21-April 19 Perceiving a power struggle could prime you to react today.
— Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023 -
And perhaps this is all trending towards a power struggle between her and the Armorer.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023 -
One way or another, there's going to be a big power struggle between those both inside the Roy family and out.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Apr. 2023 -
Lachlan Murdoch ascended to the top of the Fox empire after a bitter power struggle with his younger brother, James.
— Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023 -
This is far from the first time Gabon has seen a power struggle or unrest over Bongo’s rule, which has frequently been disputed by critics.
— Jake Kwon, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023 -
The future shape of the world’s largest democracy — and its economic trajectory — may rest on the power struggle that has ensued.
— Hari Kumar, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024 -
The power struggle between the White House and Congress would likely reach new levels of intensity.
— Jason Willick, Washington Post, 20 June 2024 -
Taurus April 20-May 20 Buying your way out of a current power struggle could seem like a logical path forward.
— Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023 -
In Jackson, the fight over the criminal justice system is the latest power struggle between the city and state governments in recent years.
— Casey Tolan, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Things got a little hot for him after Lenin’s death in 1924, and in the ensuing power struggle he was outmaneuvered by Joseph Stalin.
— Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Whatever power struggle may have happened behind the scenes, the product was not infected with any bad vibes.
— Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024 -
An extraordinary power struggle and a pivotal moment for the war in Ukraine.
— ABC News, 25 June 2023 -
In the La Jolla power struggle, reforms proposed by the existing group played a key role in the committee’s decision.
— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024 -
The Penguin is at its most entertaining when depicting the moves and counter-moves in this criminal power struggle.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024 -
What’s behind the internal power struggle within the Cayuga Nation in New York?
— Anupreeta Das David Enrich Jeanna Smialek Andrea Dicenzo, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Zambada’s arrest caused the Mexican government to dispatch 200 soldiers to the state of Sinaloa in fear that a power struggle would ensue.
— Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Coward also pokes fun at the power struggle between the upper and lower classes as Julia tries and fails to keep the help, the officious maid Saunders (a hilarious turn by Cindy Goldfield), in her place.
— Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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