There was nothing for the troops to do because Berkeley had regained the upper hand.

But instability, corruption and decay have long since regained the upper hand.

He wondered how long it would take the Presence to regain the upper hand.

Thus he sought to regain the upper hand in their latest argument.

But it was not just the money that allowed rats to regain the upper hand.

He may have been trying to regain the upper hand.

Over the last couple of years, the hard-liners have regained the upper hand.

The extremists on both sides are regaining the upper hand.

It was well into the second watch, and the second glass, when common sense regained the upper hand in her mind.

In the meantime, though, a more immediate question is: Can the older sister regain the upper hand?