Instead of the old monopoly, a new cartel now holds sway.

新的垄断集团取代了旧的，依然占据着支配地位。

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Then there is the Middle East, where traditional patriarchy still holds sway.

接着便是中东，在这里传统的父系社会仍然占据着统治地位。

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RIM still holds sway over the workplace, but Apple definitely has the momentum in the consumer market.

在工作场所RIM仍然是执牛耳者，但在消费市场中显然苹果才是最大的腕儿。

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The sovereign holds total power over all the institutions of civilian and ecclesiastical life, holding sway over a kind of peaceable kingdom.

君主拥有绝对的权力,它高于所有的平民机构或是教会机构，支配着和平的国家。

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U.S. equity prices continue to rise as a benign short-term interest-rate policy holds sway.

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And now Apple is directly challenging Microsoft on two important software fronts where it also holds sway.

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The faction is part of the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance, the political bloc that holds sway in Iraq.

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