power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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The first stretch of the film centers on co-founder Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov), the idealistic scientific mind behind the company, before the boardroom power struggle takes over.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 June 2026
That power struggle is still playing out in court after a settlement deal fell through, according to Evelina Sarian.
—Michelle Marchante
june 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
The war in the northeastern African country broke out on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in Sudan.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
The war, which erupted in late 2020 as the result of a power struggle between Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and Tigray politicians, killed more than 500,000 people.
—Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 June 2026
That power struggle is still playing out in court after a settlement deal fell through, according to Evelina Sarian.
—Michelle Marchante
june 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
The war in the northeastern African country broke out on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in Sudan.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
The war, which erupted in late 2020 as the result of a power struggle between Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and Tigray politicians, killed more than 500,000 people.
—Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for power struggle
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