How to Use power struggle in a Sentence

power struggle

noun
Definition of power strugglenext
  • In part, this is why you might get caught up in a power struggle with someone.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This is a power struggle to determine which side the scale tips in this battle.
    — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Musk, who had been on OpenAI’s board, left on a sour note in 2018 after a power struggle.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Leo July 23 – August 22 A power struggle in a close relationship could weigh on you over the course of the day.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
  • He was fired a year later amid a power struggle with the school’s president as well as the aftermath of the DUI arrest.
    — John Raby, ajc, 25 June 2023
  • On paper, such a duo could result in a power struggle and create rifts within the locker room.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
  • To take an example on a much greater scale, Steve Jobs himself was fired from Apple in 1985 after a power struggle with the board.
    — Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But just because there is a power struggle, that doesn’t mean that the system will ultimately change.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The new book is a detailed investigation into the power struggle at Twitter, now called X, in the last few years.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But thereafter, Melania would still spend some of her time as first lady engaged in a power struggle with Ivanka, Rogers wrote.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Analysts say the coup is believed to have been triggered by a power struggle between Tchiani and the president, who was about to fire him.
    — Sam Mednick, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Aries March 21-April 19 Perceiving a power struggle could prime you to react today.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And perhaps this is all trending towards a power struggle between her and the Armorer.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • One way or another, there's going to be a big power struggle between those both inside the Roy family and out.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Lachlan Murdoch ascended to the top of the Fox empire after a bitter power struggle with his younger brother, James.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This is far from the first time Gabon has seen a power struggle or unrest over Bongo’s rule, which has frequently been disputed by critics.
    — Jake Kwon, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The future shape of the world’s largest democracy — and its economic trajectory — may rest on the power struggle that has ensued.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The power struggle between the White House and Congress would likely reach new levels of intensity.
    — Jason Willick, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • Taurus April 20-May 20 Buying your way out of a current power struggle could seem like a logical path forward.
    — Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In Jackson, the fight over the criminal justice system is the latest power struggle between the city and state governments in recent years.
    — Casey Tolan, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Things got a little hot for him after Lenin’s death in 1924, and in the ensuing power struggle he was outmaneuvered by Joseph Stalin.
    — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Whatever power struggle may have happened behind the scenes, the product was not infected with any bad vibes.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
  • An extraordinary power struggle and a pivotal moment for the war in Ukraine.
    — ABC News, 25 June 2023
  • In the La Jolla power struggle, reforms proposed by the existing group played a key role in the committee’s decision.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • What’s behind the internal power struggle within the Cayuga Nation in New York?
    — Anupreeta Das David Enrich Jeanna Smialek Andrea Dicenzo, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That belief has put the Spanish club at the center of a power struggle whose stakes include nothing less than control over the future of European soccer.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024
  • Many expressed caution over how the Russian power struggle may play out but said the bloc’s focus will remain firmly on bolstering Ukraine.
    — WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • This led to a power struggle at Apollo over who would replace him, Fortune reported, with the role ultimately going to Marc Rowan.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • Prigozhin lost the immediate power struggle, his armaments, and his businesses, if not, as yet, his life or freedom.
    — Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2023
  • Moreover, avoid getting sucked into a heated power struggle.
    — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 26 June 2024

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