Wrest in a sentence

Although they didn’t realize it in that moment, the boom was the Soviets attacking the city, attempting to wrest control from Azeri hands.

Among the before the group in Gary: Should Black voters remain loyal to the Democratic Party and try to wrest from it more influence, or should they break away and form their own political alliance?

And there’s no guarantee that a Democratic-drawn map will wrest control of the state legislature from the GOP.

Apart from retaining 15 MLA seats, the NPP could wrest 11 seats from other parties.

Apple released the Vision Pro in an attempt to wrest the nascent headset category away from Meta Platforms, which has already released several headsets but struggled to break out of a virtual reality market long dominated by video games.

Both Scott and DeSantis are competing for the dollars of donors eager to wrest the future of the GOP from Trump.

But Aaron Rodgers saw enough in the Jets to wrest himself free of the Packers, who in the past drew the quarterback’s ire for not drafting a young receiver like Wilson.

He then vowed to wrest the last remaining region, Rodopi, from Syriza.

He won the world title in January in Japan by staging a huge upset against Japanese Masataka TaniguchiHe knocked out Taniguchi in the second round to wrest the world title.

Instead, they surmise that the most likely election scenario will involve the military-monarchy complex once again finding a way to further dilute the will of the people—and wrest power from those parties the majority of Thais support.

Russian forces have been trying to wrest control of Bakhmut for months in what Kyiv has described as some of the bloodiest battles since the start of Russia’s offensive.

The fundraising mission is continuing as Russian forces and the Wagner mercenary group continue to try and wrest the eastern city of from Ukrainian control and target the country with missiles.

The Syrian government is desperate in particular to wrest back control of Arab-majority Deir Ezzor, which is home to 70% of the country’s oil wealth, amid ongoing protests over fuel hikes and and neighboring Daraa, which are under its control.

Webster and Doran had scored 68 apiece and put on 131 for the fifth wicket to wrest the momentum away from NSW on a hectic first day that featured 14 wickets.

While the ruling BJP, riding on the Modi juggernaut, is hopeful of breaking the 38-year jinx — the state has never voted the incumbent party to power since 1985 — the Congress is seeking to wrest power in the state riding on the “anti-incumbency” factor.

And yet, Hakeem Jeffries, in line to make history as the first Black speaker of the House, says he is choosing to stay calm, as Democrats work to wrest control of the chaotic U.S. House from Republicans.

At this point, the suspect pulled a pistol which PC Edgar tried to wrest from his grasp.

Despite lobbying by several powerful factions within the BJP, Yadav, his supporters say, managed to wrest the CM’s chair because of his grassroots connect.

Every executive order, every public statement, becomes an attempt to wrest power away from what his supporters call “The Swamp”-a bureaucratic, technocratic elite that is seen as both a political entity and a manifestation of the forces of decay.

He cited a book titled The Pocket Guide to France that he said was distributed to the American forces who, eight decades ago, fought their way up the Normandy bluffs through a hail of Nazi gunfire to wrest Europe from tyranny.