Sentence examples for consolidated control over from inspiring English sources

Under Mr. Putin, the state has consolidated control over television, which airbrushes real news.

He spent about a month in a coma but miraculously survived, and then consolidated control over his band.

They have since consolidated control over politics and security, fueling a sense of grievance among Arabs and Turkmens who have faced discrimination, threats and violence.

The President and his national-security advisers have consolidated control over the military and intelligence communities' strategic analyses and covert operations to a degree unmatched since the rise of the post-Second World War national-security state.

By the start of the First World War, large foreign companies had largely consolidated control over the oil industry in Baku, with the Rothschild family, Royal Dutch, and the Nobel brothers as major players.

JERUSALEM, June 13 — Hamas forces consolidated control over much of Gaza on Wednesday, taking command of the main north-south road and blowing up a Fatah headquarters in Khan Yunis, in the south.

In New Jersey, Democrats consolidated control of the New Jersey Legislature.

In Mohmand, the Taliban have speedily consolidated control in the last year.

At the same time, Republican gun-rights supporters consolidated control of the senate, which will likely block the passage of any gun control legislation until at least 2020.

On April 5, four days before American forces consolidated control in Baghdad, a U-2 detected 30 Iraqi artillery pieces and 3 tanks north of the city.

DC gridlock soon became normalized as once-fringe conservatives consolidated control of the Republican Party.