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power play

noun as in concentration of power

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But the relationship cooled in the final months of his presidency as the ambassador assailed plans to overhaul the judiciary that critics saw as a ruling-party power play.

“It looks like just a power play,” Harris conceded about Raiklin’s scheme.

From Salon

The drawing of new boundaries for the City Council’s 15 districts has resulted in power plays, self-dealing and even some score-settling at City Hall.

She told BBC London she had been asked to present papers showing she needed a ramp despite being in her wheelchair, adding: “It seemed like a petty power play.”

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It's the ultimate power play to make the Democrats lose through a post-election ploy that's engineered by Trump and his cronies.

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

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