Sentence examples for wrest dominance from inspiring English sources

All 32 London boroughs were being contested with the Tories determined to wrest dominance from Labour.

Long gone are the days of OS/2, I.B.M.'s desktop operating system, when Big Blue tried to confront Windows head on and wrest dominance of the operating system market from Microsoft.

St. Thomas had some fine seasons but could never wrest conference dominance from its archrival, St. John's, and Coach John Gagliardi, who recently retired with an N.C.A.A.-record 489 victories.

In the 1990s, Microsoft used its dominance of personal computer software to wrest control of the early Web software markets, like the ones for computer browsers and media players.

Neither team could wrest control.

2006 The Malkins wrest control of the property from Helmsley-Spear.

They'd love to wrest control of the stewardship away.

Rebel forces comprising the Free Syrian Army and its allies sought to wrest control of the city away from government forces in an effort to gain a major urban center and solidify their territorial dominance in the country's north.

P15 Democrats captured at least two seats from Republicans in the New York State Senate and ran close in two other races, putting them nearly halfway toward their long-term goal of wresting control after decades of G.O.P. dominance.

The birth of the Labour movement was an explicit attempt to wrest political control from the traditional dominance of Conservatives.

came in and wrested control from the other groups.