power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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The series centers on a couple whose lives are upended after welcoming a seemingly ideal caregiver into their home, only to find boundaries blurred and control slipping as the arrangement spirals into a tense, unsettling power struggle.
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Peter White, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Viewed another way, the deal is the latest installment in the ongoing, if asymmetric, power struggle between the executive and legislative branches.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Chad closed its border for a period shortly after Sudan plunged into chaos in April 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Treading a fine line in Venezuela’s power struggle The amnesty push comes against the backdrop of Venezuela’s fragile post-Maduro landscape, with the acting government under Rodríguez navigating US pressure, economic challenges and calls for stability.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
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Peter White, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Viewed another way, the deal is the latest installment in the ongoing, if asymmetric, power struggle between the executive and legislative branches.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Chad closed its border for a period shortly after Sudan plunged into chaos in April 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Treading a fine line in Venezuela’s power struggle The amnesty push comes against the backdrop of Venezuela’s fragile post-Maduro landscape, with the acting government under Rodríguez navigating US pressure, economic challenges and calls for stability.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for power struggle
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