Sentence examples for wars for control from inspiring English sources

He had survived three wars for control of the emerald business in Colombia, and at least two attempts to kill him.

So you can hear the great AS Byatt talking about garbage dumping in the ocean; and Iraqi author, Hassan Blasim, imagining the incipient wars for control of water on land.

Much of the debate has focused on the impact of illicit sales on Africans caught up in wars for control of diamond fields, like the thousands of Sierra Leoneans whose limbs were amputated by rebels in the country's civil war.

As a governor of Donetsk he served the interests of his backer, Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, who emerged the winner from the brutal wars for control of Donetsk steelworks and mines.

Mr. Murdoch lost the bidding war for control of DirecTV to EchoStar last year.

Teams of agents are fighting a secret war for control of my local post office.

The offering raises the possibility of a bidding war for control of the airline.

Violence and shootouts were not uncommon as gangs warred for control of the rackets.

During a war for control of the family, agents working for Mr. DeVecchio voiced suspicions of his relationship with Mr. Scarpa.

He also said the "embarrassing mess" of September was "actually the culmination of a war for control of the board".

Last year, a Hollywood television mogul, Haim Saban, won a bidding war for control of ProSiebenSat.1, a leading German broadcaster.