power struggle
noun
: a fight for control
The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.
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Scorpio October 23 – November 21 A lot of energy could be going toward a power struggle right now.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
Musk and Altman were locked in a power struggle over OpenAI since before 2018, the year Musk left the company.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
In upper Manhattan, two more Assembly races formed along distinctly different contours, which highlighted the ongoing power struggle between the once-mighty Harlem political machine and the ascendent forces of Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who’s based primarily in Washington Heights and Inwood.
—Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
The Death of Stalin Year: 2017 Runtime: 1h 47m
Director: Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci, the creator of Veep and The Thick of It, co-wrote and directed this viciously dark satire about the power struggle that emerged in the wake of the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 June 2024
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
Musk and Altman were locked in a power struggle over OpenAI since before 2018, the year Musk left the company.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
In upper Manhattan, two more Assembly races formed along distinctly different contours, which highlighted the ongoing power struggle between the once-mighty Harlem political machine and the ascendent forces of Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who’s based primarily in Washington Heights and Inwood.
—Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
The Death of Stalin Year: 2017 Runtime: 1h 47m
Director: Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci, the creator of Veep and The Thick of It, co-wrote and directed this viciously dark satire about the power struggle that emerged in the wake of the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 June 2024
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“Power struggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20struggle. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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