Sentence examples for scramble to succeed from inspiring English sources

The scramble to succeed Mr. Yusuf could set off an ugly clan-based political melee.

But his death has set off a scramble to succeed him as one of President Robert Mugabe's two vice-presidents.

He fears that if a way is not found to keep Mr. Demirel in office, the scramble to succeed him will release political passions that he has so far managed to control.

Italian politicians are also scrambling to find possible candidates to succeed Mr. Napolitano.

Those who know their Mali from their Malawi, and Mauritania from Mauritius, will be better placed to succeed in the scramble for African businesses than those who do not.

In such a scenario, the challenge for the standard-sized male was outracing the rival in locating the female, i.e. to succeed in exploitation (scramble mate) competition.

And in both parties, the candidates who hope to succeed Obama have scrambled to recalibrate their positions, seeking to respond to fearful, anxious voters.

While the three candidates to succeed him as mayor scrambled to find a politically palatable response to the announcement, experts on American history, election law and New York City politics debated the merits of such a move and searched for historical precedents.

B1 Primary Races in New Jersey In the battle to succeed Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, five Republicans are scrambling to emerge from the long shadow of Governor Whitman, while the Democratic field has has been narrowed to two main contenders.

The scandal has cast a sudden chill over the warmer ties between the countries and left President Néstor Kirchner and his wife scrambling to contain any potential damage to her bid to succeed him as president.

With Clements' former lieutenant governor, Lawrence Wetherby, ineligible to succeed himself as governor, the Clements faction scrambled to find a candidate to challenge Chandler.