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Four of Ford’s children—including son Jeremy, who took over as chair from Ford in 2025—are suing to wrest away control of their father’s more-than-26% stake in Hilltop, worth some $600 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

On Monday, however, O’Connor struck back with a shocking order that used wildly inappropriate intimidation tactics to wrest back control of the case.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

No, I think it would be foolish to attempt to wrest the truth from Professor Slughorn by force, and might do much more harm than good; I do not wish him to leave Hogwarts.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

Isolde wrests the goblet from him: "Traitor, I drink to you!" and drains it, unwavering as he.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell

A steal in the third end hinted that November's European silver medallists could get the win they needed, but the US wrested back control to lead at the break.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

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

She wrested the heavy stack of pelts from Nin’s sturdy arms.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

Bush is the incumbent, holding Missouri’s 1st Congressional District’s seat since 2021, after wresting it from 10-term incumbent Democrat William Lacy Clay in a 2020 primary.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024

I tried wresting more details out of them, but they wouldn’t say more.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover