tug of war

Example Sentences

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If Mitchell’s tale is a decades-old take on the timeless tug of war between good and evil, “The New Canadian Curling Club,” a 2018 comedy by playwright Mark Crawford in which four immigrants show up for a learn-to-curl class, is a modern exploration of multiculturalism and acceptance.

From Los Angeles Times

Netflix, which wants to buy Warner’s studios and HBO Max streaming business, is in a multibillion-dollar game of tug of war with Paramount, which wants to buy the entire company.

From The Wall Street Journal

In recent weeks, oil prices have been in a tug of war between the possibility of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and Fed rate cuts optimism, Phillip Nova analyst Priyanka Sachdeva says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it's not just about a diplomatic tug of war.

From BBC

“But people don’t want to miss out, so you have a tug of war going on.”

From The Wall Street Journal