Examples of 'took control of the city' in a sentence

Meaning of "took control of the city"

Took control of the city: This phrase is used to indicate that someone or something gained power and authority over a city

How to use "took control of the city" in a sentence

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took control of the city
A handful of people took control of the city.
The MCM took control of the city in a landslide victory.
The group reportedly faced little resistance as it took control of the city.
Yang took control of the city.
He raised his standard alongside the citadel and took control of the city.
Hamdanids took control of the city.
Shortly afterwards an alien force of sentient giant jellyfish took control of the city.
The radicals took control of the city for only a short period of time.
In that same year the first revolutionary troops took control of the city.
Ming and Qing took control of the city successively.
Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the coalition took control of the city in October.
Muhammad took control of the city and made it the spiritual center of Islam.
The Peshmerga forces then took control of the city.
MONUC took control of the city.
Sixteen people died before policemen and UN mission MONUC took control of the city.

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The patrician family Schnewlin took control of the city until the guildsmen revolted.
A battalion from the Iraqi Army sent from Basra then took control of the city.
The MNLA then took control of the city.
Once inside, they slew the unsuspecting guards and took control of the city.
September 1 - Union forces took control of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
The people of the city however reacted, ousted them and took control of the city.
Boko Haram briefly took control of the city of Rann, in Nigeria, in January.
He was a contemporary of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin, and took control of the city of Ur.
With Sulla gone, the populares under Marius and LuciusCorneliusCinna soon took control of the city.
One insurgent was killed, but his fellows took control of the city of Kehl.
This group 's been in a war with WCKD ever since they took control of the city.
Following the Six-Day War, Israel took control of the city.
This group 's been at war with WICKED ever since they took control of the city.
After the capitulation of Italy, Nazi Germany took control of the city.
The insurgent seamen established a Soldiers ' Council of Strasbourg, and took control of the city.
After a rebellion by the rural people, King Alfonso V of Aragon took control of the city.
When Aristomachus was assassinated by slaves in 240, Aristippus took control of the city.
The Armenians fought back to defend themselves and, by mid-May, took control of the city.
During the battle of Kaesong-Munson, North Korea took control of the city.
In the 12th century BCE, the Philistines conquered Gezer and took control of the city.
It remained under their control until 1146, when the Almohad Caliphate took control of the city.
On 18 Decembre, rebels from the " Séléka " coalition took control of the city of Bria.
The Soviet Workers ' and Soldiers ' Deputies of Novonikolayevsk took control of the city in December 1917.

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