power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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Flores and Grier also had a strained relationship after a reported power struggle between him and the front office.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
The new board finds itself in the middle of a monthslong power struggle between leaders of the district and the mayor and his allies at the teachers union, which bankrolled his 2023 campaign.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Rouhani has some qualities that will serve him well in this internal power struggle.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
Such economic tumult has produced an unusual internal power struggle in Moscow over the direction of monetary policy.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
The new board finds itself in the middle of a monthslong power struggle between leaders of the district and the mayor and his allies at the teachers union, which bankrolled his 2023 campaign.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Rouhani has some qualities that will serve him well in this internal power struggle.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
Such economic tumult has produced an unusual internal power struggle in Moscow over the direction of monetary policy.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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