There may be a national struggle to define the United States, but there are also many local struggles.

"I am not authorized to take sides in any local struggle for power, Bones."

But, by avoiding direct war, and by learning to avoid entanglement in local struggles, the West eventually won the peace.

The movement is characterized by local struggles against intensive aquaculture farms.

In some cases a sharp local struggle breaks out, which neither player should neglect.

It was just this contact that was needed to centralize the numerous local struggles, all of the same character, into one national struggle between classes.

This was a local struggle in a much broader fight called the Colorado Labor Wars.

Everywhere he was involved in local struggles.

"Or they will be intimidated by new sources of influence based on unsavory local struggles for power and riches."