Sentence examples for competed for turf from inspiring English sources

Joggers drank from the water fountains; skaters and cyclists competed for turf.

Ever since Qaddafi died — run to ground, in October of 2011, by a mob of fighters who stabbed, beat, and shot him — Libya has degenerated into murderous chaos, with dozens of armed militia groups competing for turf and power, and a central government too weak to impose the rule of law.

Ever since Qaddafi died run to ground, in October of 2011, by a mob of fighters who stabbed, beat, and shot him Libya has degenerated into murderous chaos, with dozens of armed militia groups competing for turf and power, and a central government too weak to impose the rule of law.

The project, Live Mesh, helmed by chief software architect Ray Ozzie, has been in development for two years as Microsoft has struggled to move from the stronghold it built on the PC desktop with Windows to the untamed Web, where it competes for turf with Google, Yahoo! and a host of online upstarts.

According to the report: "The National Laboratories, for their part, do not fully trust DOE and therefore maintain secrecy about some of their actions, including contacts with Congress and other agencies; not informing DOE of emerging problems in a timely manner; and taking some actions below the radar to create new programs and compete for turf in new and emerging areas.

The game also allowed players to customize the player-character and vehicles, as well as compete for turf by fighting with rival gangs.

Perhaps one of the reasons for this is that London combines centers of political, commercial and media power that are not competing for turf in Washington and therefore not immediately at the ready to defend the reputation of their institutions and deflect responsibility and accountability in the direction of others.

In the 1990s, criminal groups like the P.C.C. emerged from violent prisons and began competing for urban turf.

Philip Kendall, an analyst at Strategy Analytics in London, expects Wi-Fi rollouts to accelerate as operators compete for new turf and customers.

If anything, drug trade violence in the UK is now occurring out of the main cities, as rival firms compete for fresh turf in satellite towns.

Not since the industry's early days, when Atari competed for space in video arcades, has a major American game company tried to dethrone Japanese hardware makers on their own turf.