Sentence examples for confrontation over control from inspiring English sources

In the confrontation over control of the courthouse last month, the detainees were released after several hours.

Yet the confrontation over controlling the strategic border throws off sparks that could ignite a bigger conflagration given that it is part of the Sunni-Shiite contest to dominate the Middle East.

Choosing Security Over Control.

But the decades-old curfew is now at the center of a confrontation over who controls the beach, with the California dream of beaches that are free and open to the public at all hours pitted against city efforts to combat urban problems like gang violence and homelessness.

Confrontations over territorial control are alarmingly frequent and could get out of hand, with dangerous consequences.

Confrontations over territorial control and undersea resources could easily get out of hand.

Chinese confrontation over Japan's control of the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea has exacerbated differences between the two countries.

The continuous encroachment of British and French fur traders and settlers caused the tribe to move gradually westward into the plains of what are now Canada and the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota, bringing them into confrontation with the Blackfoot over control of the northern Plains.

While it's true that Jeb Bush has suggested that the party grow the tent and that Chris Christie has some moderate tendencies (he's embraced a clear path to citizenship, has supported some gun-control laws, and has said that "climate change is real") there is no evidence that either is prepared to engage in a confrontation with the right over control of the party.

The unusual Senate confrontation underscored the mounting tension over the campaign finance bill and, more broadly, over control of the agenda in a Congress where Republicans have only a slender majority.

He also appeared to escalate a mounting confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that is Egypt's best-organized political force, over control of the interim government.