When this happens, the two sides prepare for a tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
They were having a tug-of-war and it was hardly a fair battle. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
It was the best tug-of-war that many of us had ever witnessed. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
A great tug-of-war has been in progress for the last two afternoons. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
So we're going to have a tug-of-war here about who is co-opting who. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Tea?] Reference
Or had pulled it far enough away from her as to create a tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [The Beginning and End of Comedy] Reference
The tug-of-war now begins, either class being pitted against the other. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
The tug-of-war now begins, the one class being pitted against the other. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
And I feel that they could become the center of some kind of major tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2009] Reference
A big deal in this year's tug-of-war for the Democratic presidential nomination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008] Reference
That tug-of-war between the states and the Centre hasn't really ended till date. From Wordnik.com. [Identifying The Poor] Reference
We are like one side of a tug-of-war game, and, this time, there is movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Body of a Cow] Reference
But the event of the day was the 'tug-of-war' between the two Highland Regiments. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
And the tug-of-war has created a dangerous predicament for the people of Kashmir. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2002] Reference
The parents ` latest tug-of-war is not over their eight kids or their reality show. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009] Reference
Coalition soldiers and Afghan civilians are dying daily amid this sordid tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Feuds in Obama's Wars are not just soap opera] Reference
Thus when on Saturday morning an alarm was raised we expected a tug-of-war for sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
That was one of the exchanges today in the tug-of-war over Anna Nicole Smith's body. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2007] Reference
The tug-of-war team, of which I was a member, was quite as successful as the oarsmen. From Wordnik.com. [Through St. Dunstan's to Light] Reference
Particularly picturesque are those held in May, which include a tug-of-war across the. From Wordnik.com. [The University of Michigan] Reference
Dizzily Simon remembered tug-of-war games when he had been a page at the royal palace. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
But, in the campaign, there's already a tug-of-war about whether they can afford Iowa. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference
That tug-of-war descended into downtown Beirut when this protest reached critical mass. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference
But a closer look shows a tangled tug-of-war over a rich and strategically vital sector. From Wordnik.com. [Telecom Tug-Of-War] Reference
Coming up on CNN, new details on the state struck (sic) in a tug-of-war over refund checks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2009] Reference
Boys I'd pushed and pulled, until it was a tug-of-war, because I wouldn't take no for answer. From Wordnik.com. [Stacy Parker Le Melle: What Jamal Saw: Finding the Disaster Aftermath in the Face of a Child] Reference
As "the Elgin Marbles" they have figured in a cultural tug-of-war between Greece and Britain. From Wordnik.com. [What Is Lost When Works are Trophies] Reference
When, in like manner, all in the line have chosen, a tug-of-war ensues, and the game is ended. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
One of his best efforts was coaching the tug-of-war team in the final against Lovats at Sohag. From Wordnik.com. [The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919] Reference
Australian Light Horse and in the Brigade, our most popular win perhaps being in the tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919] Reference
A Florida family court judge tries to figure it all out as the tug-of-war over a baby continues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007] Reference
I would love to go back to Everton, says USA midfielder• MLS worried about tug-of-war involving. From Wordnik.com. [Landon Donovan holds preliminary talks about Premier League return] Reference
A Florida judge presiding over the tug-of-war over Smith's body says he'll make his decision soon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2007] Reference
Sports were encouraged and fostered in every way; but rowing and tug-of-war were by far the most popular. From Wordnik.com. [Through St. Dunstan's to Light] Reference
They put an engine on to each end of one-half of the train (not the one our car is in), and then did a tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
My mention of lack of sight among the men might seem superfluous to those who have not pulled on a tug-of-war team. From Wordnik.com. [Through St. Dunstan's to Light] Reference
This is played as a preliminary game to decide who shall join, and which side they will take, in a coming tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
Coalition soldiers and Afghan civilians are dying daily? as an insecure Obama fails to exert discipline over a sordid tug-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Feuds in Obama's Wars are not just soap opera] Reference
Suspicion breeds suspicion, and the conduct of life on such principles becomes a tug-of-war in which Greek is matched with Greek. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
In his vacillations we see, not the noble conflict of good and evil impulses, but an ignoble tug-of-war between timidity and appetite. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
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