Three separate factions are competing for control of the Pass, each with their own agenda.

In the period after the Megarans were defeated, several political factions competed for control in the government of Athens.

In the following months, multiple factions competed for control of the kingdom's lands.

These three factions competed with each other for Chiang's favor.

Heben, impromptu, questions the wisdom of war and suggests that all factions co-operate rather than compete.

This is a tradition that dates to antiquity, when warring factions competed and forged friendships along the way.

The Constitution was crafted in part to solve the problem of special interests, today usually represented by lobbies, by having these factions compete.

Following the death of the Sultan, a decade of instability ensued as various factions competed for control.

In the 1930s the two main factions competed within the party, the "old generation" and "young generation", divided by the age and political programmes.

At the same time, there have been reports of growing dissension within rebel ranks as several different factions compete for leadership.