power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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The constructed narrative is one of a power struggle.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
That belief has put the Spanish club at the center of a power struggle whose stakes include nothing less than control over the future of European soccer.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024
The latest escalation in the power struggle between HYBE and Min Hee-jin, the CEO of its subsidiary label ADOR, has arrived in the form of legal action from a separate label under the Korean conglomerate.
—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 22 May 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
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
General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF) -- once allies who jointly orchestrated a military coup in 2021 -- are now engaged in a vicious and ongoing power struggle.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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 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
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
That belief has put the Spanish club at the center of a power struggle whose stakes include nothing less than control over the future of European soccer.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024
The latest escalation in the power struggle between HYBE and Min Hee-jin, the CEO of its subsidiary label ADOR, has arrived in the form of legal action from a separate label under the Korean conglomerate.
—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 22 May 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
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
General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF) -- once allies who jointly orchestrated a military coup in 2021 -- are now engaged in a vicious and ongoing power struggle.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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 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
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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