power struggle

noun

: a fight for control

The power struggle between the two owners destroyed the company.

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The successful general who cemented his right to be Roman monarch out of this scrum was a guy named Septimius Severus, who ruled the empire for 18 years, counting the post-Commodus power struggle. —

Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024 Cher and Mary Bono remain locked in a bitter power struggle over music royalties, even after a judge ruled last May that the singer’s 1978 divorce agreement with ex-husband Sonny Bono was strong enough to fend off Mary’s attempt to recapture his publishing profits. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024 The season’s final images of the now-President Grace Penn looking smug and Wyler looking panicked signal the power struggle to come. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024 He was appointed the MWD’s general manager in 2021 after a bitter power struggle among board members. —

Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for power struggle

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