They want to retain their dominance, no matter what.
Why do you think Shakespeare continues to retain such cultural/theatrical dominance?
It has had no trouble retaining worldwide dominance in entertainment.
In 1929 Cork retained their provincial dominance for a fourth consecutive year.
But we have to succeed in retaining our dominance of state-owned property.
"Apple's iPad will retain its dominance of the tablet market."
The major studios clung desperately to outdated production methods in an effort to retain their dominance over the industry.
In the process, they left their former colleagues publicly struggling to retain Creative Artists' dominance.
Labour also retained its traditional dominance in the Maori seats, winning all four by large margins.
Bismarck planned to use the young prince as a weapon against his parents in order to retain his own political dominance.