Sentence examples for taking over districts from inspiring English sources

For months, Taliban fighters have been taking over districts in Helmand.

The army pushed into the heart of Kfar Batna and four tanks were in its central square, they said, in a move to flush out rebels who had taken over districts just a few kilometres from President Bashar al-Assad's centre of power.

That such an attack would come has been clear since the rebels invaded and took over districts in the northeastern and southwestern Sunni districts of the city last Saturday.

The evidence that gun control really does hurt Democrats, or that avoiding it has helped them, is disputed, but the strategy did at least appear to be working in 2006 and 2008, when the Party took over districts that had seemed unwinnable, or close to it.

They will take over districts and will engage in direct battle.

And as the rebels take over districts in the city many fear that what is really happening is an Islamic takeover that will unleash a whirlwind of sectarian division and bloodshed across this region.

Taking over a school — it's district property, those are union jobs.

The state has since taken over the district.

It was the second time this summer that insurgents have taken over the district.

A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, reached by telephone at an undisclosed location, said that "we have taken over the district center".

Michelle King on Thursday echoed concerns raised by the school board, saying she does not support any initiatives that propose to "take over" the district by encouraging students to enroll in charters.