upper hand
Example Sentences
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Police eventually cleared the show, but Dead City had the upper hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
As many auto and industrial components are related to current humanoid robot production, China has an upper hand, Lau says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
And the Iranians will come into the talks thinking they have the upper hand.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026
A scarcity of talent has, on balance, given workers the upper hand over their employers.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Lamphere guessed that the information inside his boss's safe held the key to something big, something that might finally give him the upper hand in his years-long hunt for Soviet spies in America.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
