Word: wrest
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...side of the road had either crashed or been smashed apart. Bodies were lying beside the road; even more were off in the field by a wall. We were told that they were Arabs fighting on the side of the Taliban against the tribal forces trying to wrest control of the airport. No more...
...been studying karate together to help team unity. If that’s successful, with Onyekwe, a Second-Team All-Ivy pick in his own right, returning and the addition of Toole, who is the talk of the league, the Quakers hope they’ll be able to wrest the crown from Princeton...
...battle to wrest control over Mazar-i-Sharif will be fierce and bloody, and the outcome far from certain. The city is, in every sense, occupied by the Taliban. The majority of its residents are Uzbek and Hazari, and the Taliban can only count on the support of a few Pashtun villages on the outskirts of the town. For the rest, they rule by fear, and Northern Alliance leader General Rashid Dostum believes his Uzbek supporters in the city will function as a fifth column once the battle begins. That may not be enough...
Immersed in my surroundings, involved in my school, in touch with my fellow students. I want music. Crowds. A fest, that’s what I crave. Ahh, if only it were spring! Surely Springfest, that joyous Undergraduate Council-organized campus celebration, would wrest me from my seasonal blues...
...animal virus. The news sparked renewed calls for the President to loosen his policy and allow further harvesting from embryos, this time without using animal tissue in the Petri dish. Senator John Kerry warns that if federal dollars aren't made available for new cell lines, Congress may yet wrest the policy from the White House. Just when you thought the fight was over...