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wrest

verb as in snatch

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A UN-backed policing mission, led by officers from Kenya, had begun in June in an attempt to wrest back control from gangs.

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There is a risk of damaging your existing, underlying paint when you eventually wrest Unpaint off your walls, but, if the permanent paint below is in good condition, this shouldn’t happen, says Mr Botero.

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Conservatives in many of those states have been campaigning for decades to try to wrest control of some of that property from the federal government, saying that decisions about its use should be made closer to home.

Kamala Harris, a Democrat, is hoping to wrest the potentially pivotal swing state from Trump, a Republican, in November's White House election.

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But it’s also because some MPs behind the scenes are still hopeful that they can wrest some mitigation from the Chancellor in next month’s budget, so don’t want to antagonise No 11.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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