Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
tug of war .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses
- noun any hard struggle between equally matched groups
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Examples
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Kessler was with the agency in 1992 when nutritional labels were first introduced, and has called the tug-of-war between the FDA and the food industry at that time a "battle royale."
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A smile lit her face as the tug-of-war tide turned.
The Fugitive Waits Jack Ales-Oruam 2011
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Within the frame of the tug-of-war, I believe that's a reasonable libertarian choice, even if it means being wholly against the party that somehow contains the few identified libertarians outside of LP and independents.
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Next, he says that if one wants to add value, one stays out of tug-of-war and instead looks for issues or positions that are outside of the standard clumps.
Ideological Games of Tug-of-War, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But on the other hand, having not offered trust cues to either side in the tug-of-war, one is considered a freak by both.
Ideological Games of Tug-of-War, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The tug-of-war over the ICE program highlights the tension between states and the federal government in the absence of a legislative fix on immigration.
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As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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Differences in birth rates across time and between cultures would occur as one side or the other gains increased leverage in this tug-of-war.
Who Wants More Kids?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The federal government and states have been in a tug-of-war over alcohol regulation since the 21st Amendment passed in 1933.
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They join the tug-of-war game over familiar policy arguments.
Ideological Games of Tug-of-War, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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