tug-of-war in English

noun
1
a contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.
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1. No, this isn't tug of war.

2. They mimed a tug of war.

3. Look, nobody wants a jurisdictional tug of war here.

4. When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

5. Serbia Cultivates both US and China in Balkans tug of war

6. When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war. 

7. When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

8. 6 When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

9. There was no " tug of war " between dye manufacturers and creosote users.

10. 1 When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war. 

11. 12 When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

12. When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. Sentencedict.com 

13. 2 When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

14. 1 When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

15. 15 When Greek meet Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

16. 5 When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. 

17. We can't have the President in a tug-of-war against the Almoner.

18. 17 When Greeks joined Greeks,(www.Sentencedict.com) then was the tug of war. 

19. In a tug - of - war , the competitors pull as hard as they can.

20. 7 The most surprising event of Olympic yesteryear , however , is Tug of War.

21. Invite Mr. Bartleman to take skip - rope, tug - of - war and hoop rolled match.

22. The tug-of-war that may result can create considerable turmoil for parents and teens.

23. After the divorce they became involved in an emotional tug of war over the children.

24. Some of the popular traditional Cameroonian games include wrestling, swimming, canoe racing, and tug of war

25. Next thing you know, it's a tug of war pulling it back and forth and out of nowhere...

26. It's been said he could have a tug of war with a dozen men and not move an inch.

27. English Bulldogs are calm, non-sporting dogs with a sourmug face that love to chew and play tug-of-war

28. English Bulldogs are calm, non-sporting dogs with a sourmug face that love to chew and play tug-of-war

29. But the BBC 's John James in Abidjan says there will now be a tug of war between this two bodies with the outcome unclear

30. Design is like a war within a multi-cultural city and a special one is offen resulted from a tug-of-war between schizoid characters.

31. Because hydrogen is smaller and has less strength, or fewer protons, it loses the tug of war and attracts fewer than its fair share of electrons.

32. They're able to attract the negatively charged electrons in the bond, just like a strong individual is able to overpower a weaker individual in a tug of war.

33. A tug of war over the future of media may be brewing between so-called user-generated content -- including Amateurs who produce blogs, video and audio for public consumption -- …

34. (Joshua 23:14) The world today is engaged in a tug-of-war between the king of the north and the king of the south, just as the angel foretold.

35. ‘The more Acrimonious and bitter an argument or election contest appears to be, the less likely it is that anything of principle will really be at stake.’ ‘It was a bitter, Acrimonious divorce that involved lawyers and an emotional tug-of-war over access to Leon.’

36. ‘The more Acrimonious and bitter an argument or election contest appears to be, the less likely it is that anything of principle will really be at stake.’ ‘It was a bitter, Acrimonious divorce that involved lawyers and an emotional tug-of-war over access to Leon.’

37. Antwerp 1920 "La Divine" Suzanne Lenglen lights up the Antwerp 1920 Games 24 Aug 2019; Antwerp 1920 Ninety-nine years ago, the Olympic flag was flown for the first time 14 Aug 2019; Antwerp 1920 Antwerp 1920: tug of war and a 72-year-old medallist 17 Apr 1920; Antwerp 1920 Exactly 100 years ago, the Games of the VII Olympiad began on ice 17 Apr