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The late Abbasid caliphs militarized their economy in an effort to wrest control from the dominant merchants.
Today, Google still dominates and “No existing rival has wrested market share from Google,” he said in his opinion.
It appeared to be an opportunity for each contender to stack up wins, build late-season momentum and try to wrest away control of a division race that the Dodgers currently lead by two games.
He muscled it into the cage elevator, leashes in hand, the machine balanced against his hip like a prize wrested from fate.
"It is unfortunate that while the family and I are still in mourning, some people have chosen this as an opportune time to wrest control and usurp the family legacy," she wrote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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