| His Marlowe is always pushing buttons, probing people for weakness, wresting control of the situation. |
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| He became a hero in the US for wresting the world chess crown from Soviet domination during the Cold War. |
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| The push for freedom that began in Iraq is steadily wresting Lebanon away from its status as a fief of Damascus. |
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| Jinx lunged forward, intent on grabbing her arm and wresting the glasses from her. |
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| Once she had succeeded in wresting the radio from Mike's grasp, she spoke into the intercom eagerly. |
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| Especially in his final years, Evans often went on scavenging hunts, wresting all kinds of street signs from their rightful places. |
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| And the delusion is that the only authentic society is made up from noble savages, wresting their comfort and protection from raw nature. |
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| But she had difficulty wresting control from the old triumvirate, and before long she too was involved in a turf war with other senior managers. |
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| He was the captain of his rugby team throughout high school and is on the wresting and cross-country teams. |
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| Struggling against the elements, wresting a living from an inhospitable land, Canada's pioneers had little time or energy to spare for hatred. |
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| The German made his dream reality by wresting victory in this last Grand Prix of the season from under the noses of all his rivals. |
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| In the last days of the Battle of the Somme in November 1916, the British assaulted the Butte in the hope of wresting it from the Germans. |
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| The challenge for Canada in the 21st century is no longer about wresting natural resources from a harsh and unpredictable environment. |
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| Other countries too have succeeded in wresting land on which to live from the forces of the sea. |
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| Mainstream newspaper publishers have been wresting with falling readerships and generational market shifts for at least a decade, with little apparent success. |
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| Uttering a cross word about Lefty usually provokes the same kind of reaction as wresting a child's favorite overstuffed teddy bear from his or her arms. |
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| As for the nomadic spirit of the poet, I remember wresting my partner away from an accountant inamorato, donkeys ago, telling her she'd live the romantic rover's life with me. |
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| Isabelle started to starve herself as a means of rebellion, wresting a measure of control from her domineering mother. |
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| Many French politicians have favoured it in the hope of wresting control over Europe's economies from the Bundesbank. |
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| His nearest rival, Rick Santorum, won three, and came within a percentage point of wresting the main catch of the day, Ohio, away from him. |
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| It contributes to wresting security from the citizenry, leads to violations of human rights, and exacerbates armed conflict and armed violence. |
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| Why are they wresting control of the committee? |
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| As the women talked about their experiences, and the efforts they were making to reclaim control of their lives, they also spoke of how others were still wresting this control from them. |
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| After years without meaningful military reform, Russia's civilian defence minister is wresting control of the armed forces from the General Staff. |
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| In the semi-final against Chile, then in the final with Spain, the pride of Indomitable Lions led by Patrick Mboma clawed their way back before finally wresting control. |
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| With Czech Republic and Slovenia also harbouring ambitions of wresting top spot away, Worthington's side can be assured of a stern test of their character and resolve before this race reaches its conclusion. |
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| Most of all, though, it was the game that proved Conte's Juventus could indeed be beaten – even if wresting the title from their grasp would turn out to be another matter altogether. |
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| Man is capable of wresting from himself a singular, extreme existence. |
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| Despite this extremely unfavourable context for the labour movement, the FIQ again showed its great effectiveness by wresting major gains from the government, which were included in the decree. |
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| His son succeeded him after being chosen king by the citizens of London and a part of the Witan, despite ongoing Danish efforts in wresting the crown from the West Saxons. |
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| Wresting a few coals from the fires of modernization, it suggests a way modern audio-visual technologies can link the past with the homogenizing present. |
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