power struggle
Americannoun
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He announced his resignation Monday after a protracted power struggle with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Logan surmises that Hegseth is engaged in a power struggle in the Pentagon.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
The power struggle won’t end if you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home for her to live in.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
After Stalin won the power struggle, he exiled Trotsky from Moscow in 1928 and from the Soviet Union the following year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Hence when the latter faction gained the upper hand in a power struggle, it stopped sending fleets, eventually dismantled the shipyards, and forbade oceangoing shipping.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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