Sentence examples for control of opponents from inspiring English sources

The rise in tension came after Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah militiamen seized control of Yabroud, a Syrian town near the Lebanese border that had been under the control of opponents to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Buttons will stop working or will act like entirely different buttons, or you can take command of the other player's controller, allowing you, for example, to seize control of your opponent's car in a racing game and run it off the road.

Another key objective is getting control of their opponent's stones by surrounding them on all sides.

Blue's cards are best at letting a player draw additional cards; permanently taking control of an opponent's cards; returning cards to their owner's hand; making cards go directly from a player's deck to their graveyard; and countering spells, causing them to be discarded and the mana used to pay them wasted.

Blue is best at letting a player draw additional cards; permanently taking control of an opponent's cards; returning cards to their owner's hand; and countering spells, causing them to be discarded and the Mana used to pay them wasted.

But the NRA's money, political clout, and the saber rattle of gun control opponents is only part of the reason that tougher gun control laws, no matter how many heartbreaking massacres occur, face a hard uphill climb.

The road from the border to Tobruk appeared to be completely under the control of Colonel Qaddafi's opponents, and small, ragtag bands of men in worn fatigues ran easygoing checkpoints and flashed victory signs at visitors.

After that, the Obama administration lost control of the message to opponents of the plan ranging from the organization, Keep America Safe, which is fun by former Vice President Cheney's daughter, Elizabeth, along with a handful of other Republican operatives, to Fox TV and the daily tabloids in the city, all of which unabashedly hammered the decision.

After that, the Obama administration lost control of the message to opponents of the plan — ranging from the organization, Keep America Safe, which is fun by former Vice President Cheney's daughter, Elizabeth, along with a handful of other Republican operatives, to Fox TV and the daily tabloids in the city, all of which unabashedly hammered the decision.

Night after night during prime-time talk shows on state television — under the firm control of Mr. Ahmadinejad's opponents — critics tear into what they see as the government's mismanagement of the economy, blaming the president and not international sanctions for its poor performance.

"We were always in control of the game, the opponents did not have one clear chance.