power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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Israel’s military strikes in Syria this week — launched in response to atrocities against the Druze minority — represent a strategic turning point in a deeper power struggle that now entangles Iran, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., according to regional analysts.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
This year that power struggle has been between President Donald Trump and the federal judiciary.
—Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
The previous approaches to literary works were now suspect, and new questions came to the fore: about their status as commodities in a capitalist system; about the text itself as part of a power struggle and language as an expression of the unconscious.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
But his dramatic plans for the future of the farm unsurprisingly create a power struggle within the family.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
This year that power struggle has been between President Donald Trump and the federal judiciary.
—Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025
The previous approaches to literary works were now suspect, and new questions came to the fore: about their status as commodities in a capitalist system; about the text itself as part of a power struggle and language as an expression of the unconscious.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
But his dramatic plans for the future of the farm unsurprisingly create a power struggle within the family.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for power struggle
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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