Core elements vie for power in alliances which might last centuries or microseconds.

As British politicians vie for power in the aftermath of the vote, financial markets will stay volatile.

And inevitably, the other species would once again vie for power, seeking to elevate themselves at humanity's expense.

Lebanon has since lurched from one crisis to another as a U.S.-backed cabinet and Iran-backed opposition vie for power.

Tensions have run high since U.S. troops left in December as Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish political factions vie for power.

Tensions have run high after U.S. troops left in December as Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish political factions vie for power.

But casualties have risen since the vote, suggesting insurgents are trying to exploit the vacuum as political rivals vie for power.

Baltimore was a tinderbox where both sides vied for power.

Ptolemy women vying for power and wielding it without reserve.

The various political factions vying for power were connected to webs of opaque business interests.

Rival governments are vying for power and local militias battle each other for territory and smuggling profits.

Libya has been in turmoil since a 2011 uprising, with rival governments and armed factions vying for power.

Since then, political and armed factions have vied for power and control of the North African country's oil wealth.

Mr Homan said successive governments in that time have included "all five of the parties now vying for power".

We're expanding, but we still don't have the numbers or the fleets to match the major species vying for power in Council space.

Seven years after the civil war in 2011 that toppled Gaddafi, Libya has slipped into chaos and constant fighting between rivals vying for power.