Word: wrest
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...last time Mazzoleni was at the Pepsi Arena, he watched Cornell’s strong-willed seniors lead a dramatic comeback to wrest a second consecutive ECAC championship from his team’s grasp...
...might try to divorce Hornstine from Harvard, her legacy lingers. It’s much easier to wrest Harvard’s name from Blair Hornstine than it is to wrest Blair Hornstine from Harvard’s name...
...reign of Amenhotep shook things up in Egypt. The priesthood surrounding Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion had accumulated enormous power. Rather than try to wrest it from the priests, the young king simply pulled their religion out from under them. He abolished the polytheistic system and replaced it with a religion based on the worship of Aten, the sun god. The Pharaoh even changed his name to Akhenaten--or "one who serves Aten." This undoubtedly made him a despised figure among the orthodox, a hostility that spilled over to his queen who, if ancient reliefs are to be believed, also...
...cease-fire. But only if Israel agrees to end the policy of assassinating terror suspects, release the approximately 6,000 Palestinian militants it currently holds in prison and restore Yasser Arafat's freedom of movement on the West Bank. And it's far from clear Abbas could wrest such concessions from Sharon right...
While the Harvard men’s squash team couldn’t wrest the Ivy crown from Princeton for its 11th title in 13 years or bring home its first national championship since 1996-97, it still finished its season on a triumphant note...