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The People's Liberation Front has wrested a commitment that the government will not sell state-owned companies as it had planned to in the coming year.

And many analysts agree that Mr Albanese has wrested a decent price for the slices of his assets in a depressed market.

From near disaster, Mark and Enron have wrested a victory.

Romo, somewhat benignly and not at all surprisingly, has wrested away a leading talking point before Sunday's game.

The Taliban has increased attacks on civilian targets in recent months as part of a fierce offensive that has wrested territory from the Afghan government.

The Latino community has played an active role in pressuring public officials to move forward on immigration issues, and has wrested major concessions from the White House.

Islamist extremists have wrested control of a region the size of France and proclaimed an Islamic state.

Madrid had wrested some control, a little breathing room.

A crack team of commandoes have wrested one of these super secretive models out of the hands of an unsuspecting courier and taken video and photos of it.

But he has proven electoral appeal, having wrested control of the traditionally conservative Bundang constituency in a by-election in April.

Opposition groups said protesters had wrested control of several towns, including Bayda and Darnah, a northeastern port, though the degree of their authority seemed ambiguous.