Sentence examples for a clear upper hand from inspiring English sources

Right now, the Republicans see themselves as successful blackmailers, holding a clear upper hand.

Just a few short weeks ago, England had a clear upper hand in the spin department: now Lyon has 19 wickets at 30 against his direct opponents' 14 wickets at (avert your eyes now if you're English) 64.

Yet while the contrast in approval ratings gives Obama "a clear upper hand over the deeply unpopular Congress," as ABC News put it, political scientists warn that little or no evidence exists to suggest that presidents can move public opinion on specific issues in their favor with speeches or other uses of the bully pulpit.

And Syria is caught up in an ongoing civil war; even with Assad having the clear upper hand, that could drag on still for years.

But shortly after Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took office in December, American agents got a clear message that the dynamics, with Washington holding the clear upper hand, were about to change.

In the Arizona races, immigration hard-liners have the clear upper hand.

But by positioning itself as the gamer's friend and asserting that the consumer is still king, even in this connected era, Sony has given the PlayStation 4 the clear upper hand over its deadly rival at this point in the proceedings.

In this regard, England has the clear upper hand.

In that respect, Cayard may have an upper hand.

When someone has an upper hand is very disconcerting.

Each side believes it has an upper hand.