power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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In August 2018, having been co-owners since 2007, Stan Kroenke bought Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s 30 per cent shareholding for over £600m, ending a long power struggle for ultimate control of the club and taking his total stake to 97 per cent.
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
His departure leaves one of New York's most prominent Democratic seats without an incumbent for the first time in decades, sparking a power struggle among local Democrats.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
For instance, a sustained power struggle between monks and reformers after the 13th Dalai Lama’s death in 1933 weakened the Tibetan state, leaving it ill prepared to resist the arrival of the People’s Liberation Army in 1950.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
More recently, Isaacs starred in The Death of Stalin, the 2017 political satire directed by Armando Iannucci about the power struggle in the Soviet Union following Stalin's (Adrian McLoughlin) death.
—EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
His departure leaves one of New York's most prominent Democratic seats without an incumbent for the first time in decades, sparking a power struggle among local Democrats.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
For instance, a sustained power struggle between monks and reformers after the 13th Dalai Lama’s death in 1933 weakened the Tibetan state, leaving it ill prepared to resist the arrival of the People’s Liberation Army in 1950.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
More recently, Isaacs starred in The Death of Stalin, the 2017 political satire directed by Armando Iannucci about the power struggle in the Soviet Union following Stalin's (Adrian McLoughlin) death.
—EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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