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Scammers can wrest control of the verified account—no matter if the profile is a schoolteacher or an engineer—and list themselves as recruiters for real companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Baldoni denied wrongdoing and accused Lively of concocting false allegations as part of an effort to wrest creative control of the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Trump's Republican Party faces a stern test at upcoming midterm elections in November, with Democrats seeking to wrest control of both houses of Congress.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

But a quick flurry of wickets for Notts helped them wrest back control and take the game to a thrilling final over in which Surrey needed 12 to win.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

They had been given to me by the bishop, and I was still trying to wrest meaning from them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

From here, much of the novel dwells on Günter’s terror and paralysis as the Nazi Party wrests control of Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Rozario’s mother holds onto him protectively, then wrests the scissors away.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

Back at the studio the anchors vacuously nod at Nandor's escalating trumpery, as they do when The Guide wrests Joanna's microphone away to parley on behalf of all vampires.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

Indeed, Fish wrests us from any post-intermission relaxation with a reworked dream ballet sequence that begins in heavy-metal mode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

Erased the marks of city slavery, Here where the sun gleams gold through azure hours— Here wrests the spirit from all bondage free, The fields grown green and the syringa flowers!

From Russian Lyrics by Martha Dickinson Bianchi

Co-star Cynthia Erivo promptly wrested the stunned actress away from Mr Wen, who was seen being escorted out of the event by security officers.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

The move came after the Dutch government wrested control of the company from its Chinese owner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

It is packaged and commodified, wrested from its continuity with the world and from its intimate relation to the body.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025

At the time Poland’s Parliament wrested power from the king with its cry of “Nothing about us without us,” it was made up solely by men from the noble class.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024

He wrested the conch from someone and sat down breathlessly.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

And yet his drive, his ambition, his hunger for glory were essential to the enterprise of wresting the colonies from the grip of distant overlords.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026

I wrote at the time that the trade peace was fragile: “Trump is at liberty to threaten higher tariffs again for any reason,” such as wresting Greenland from Denmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta said earlier this month that he is considering placing them in “receivership,” essentially wresting local control of the facilities away from the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025

The opening exchanges were not to script but Northampton's internationals were crucial in wresting back momentum.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025

It almost felt like something wa/pushing against his will, wresting the sea from his control.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan