tug of war
Example Sentences
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A scheme in Teesside saw a tug of war between ministers over whether it should be used for a low carbon hydrogen energy scheme, or a massive new AI data centre.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
You tapped into something really universal with the strife between boomer parents and their millennial children — a real tug of war for power that’s happening in a lot of people’s lives right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Their model describes a computational tug of war between two fundamentally different kinds of neural organization, both of which are established even before birth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Beneath the surface of the Nasdaq composite’s 1% gain was a tug of war between Apple stock, which fell 7.4%, and Amazon’s which surged 15%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The tug of war between the two elderly men reached a climax one winter day at noon.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
