Sentences with phrase «as an ally against»

The characters will act as a special CPU character that learns the more you play it making it a more difficult foe for you to fight yourself or use as an ally against friends.

But for now, Snapchat could view Google as an ally against Facebook and Instagram.

Often children are caught in the middle of parental disputes and are enlisted by one parent as an ally against the other parent in a campaign of systematic denigration and...

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The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

This fast train to war was sidetracked, however, as Russia and China succeeded in blocking concerted United Nations action against both Iran and its ally, Syria (itself facing a massive propaganda campaign alleging atrocities that can not be independently or fully verified).

President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs against Chinese imports have prompted U.S. allies in Asia such as South Korea, Australia and Japan to call for calm to avoid a trade war.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

What's more, a number of unions on college campuses are allying with non-governmental organizations, such as United Students against Sweatshops to hold corporations accountable for enforcing labor standards throughout their global supply chains.

The fact that Canada might be included on the initial hit list had become a political sore spot for the administration, as U.S. critics of the move ridiculed it by zeroing on the idea of national - security tariffs against a peaceful next - door neighbour and defence ally.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

Defense spending aside, transatlantic rifts could also occur should Trump continue to make critical foreign policy decisions without first consulting allies (as in the April 7 air strike against Syria in response to a chemical - weapons attack) or if he presses NATO allies to make stronger military contributions in Syria or Afghanistan.

As recently as March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTAs recently as March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTas March 10, 2018, American, EU, and Japanese officials agreed to cooperate on addressing unfair Chinese trade practices within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.27 The keys to pushing back against China's unfair practices are: maintaining a strong relationship with allies in Europe and Asia; being a reliable partner; and upholding multilateral institutions like the WTO.

(CNN) President Bashar al - Assad is warning the West against attacking Syria as President Donald Trump's international allies make preparations to join the United States in any military action against the regime in response to last week's suspected chemical attack.

As the United States and its allies contemplate military action against Syria for gassing its own people, Syria is poised to chair the United Nations committee responsible for banning chemical weapons.

Trump - allied House conservatives draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein as «last resort» Robert Costa et al., The Washington Post

As the U.S., NATO and other allies move against Russia over an alleged nerve agent attack against a former Russian spy in Britain, bipartisan moves are afoot in Congress to strengthen U.S. ties to NATO.

«There are people that want to try to paint the United States and its allies like Australia as being against China in some sort of rerun of the Cold War,» Turnbull told reporters.

The end of the Cold War nullifies Israel's role as an ally in the contest against Communism.

The U.S. economic embargo against Nicaragua as well as aggressive lobbying of U.S. allies to reduce political and economic support have been regular features of U.S. policy.

As a preemptive strike against them (and their possible allies in a Bush Administration) Ivey presented «An American Bill of Rights for Culture.»

He was imprisoned after being found as a conspirator against Hitler's regime and led to the gallows to be executed in early April 1945, just months before the prisoners would be freed by the Allies.

In other words, as far as the executors and schemers of the terrorist act, it was a repayment for all the insults against Islamic faith, and for the injury to Islamic communities brought about by the USA and its Western allies in collaboration with several Muslim regimes in the Middle East.

On the one hand, the intellectuals abandon the church because of its traditionalism or romanticism; on the other hand, disinherited classes and races protest against it as the ally of capitalist, racial or nationalist imperialism.

That Church had seemed to be engaged in a holy war against communism as an ally of the West in its political conflict, but now it seems to have accepted the reality of coexistence.

A profoundly hostile secular culture wars against our efforts to achieve even a modest loyalty to the apostolic tradition, and, sadly, in the war we see the Church as a sometimes - unreliable ally.

We categorize some foods (carrots and celery, low - fat cottage cheese) as intrinsically good, our allies in the war against the law of our members; others (chocolate, cookies, ice cream, fried anything) are intrinsically wicked, our sworn foes.

They and their allies and supporters (such as the 300 + self - identified LGBT and allied scholars, lawyers, journalists, and activists who published the manifesto «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage» — a group that includes respected mainstream figures such as Gloria Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Kenji Yoshino) would, I have no doubt, sharply react against the claim that polyamory «is attractive because monogamy is hard.»

In the course of doing so Sullivan referred to our deputy editor Matthew Schmitz as one of the «reactionaries and legalists» against whom Sullivan believes he and the pope are now allied.

We would be natural allies against those abuses, but you seem intent on making yourself as objectionable as possible to people who'd otherwise sympathize with you.

In a situation of social pressure due to economic shortages and unemployment, there may be the tendency for social forces to raise issues of religion and target as in India against the Muslims and in Indonesia this year against the ethnic Chinese, many of whom were Christians and considered allied to the Suharto establishment.

Those who hold very strongly to the abstinence position often forget that there is another group who are as opposed to excess as they are and who might be allies in developing sanctions against drunkenness.

After settling for a one all draw against WAFA last Sunday, Asante Kotoko will play as host to Inter Allies in our Match Day 2 Premier League fixture at Baba Yara Stadium.

As the most important element in the battle against premature aging, collagen is also going to be your best ally in the fight against those unsightly stretch marks.

Fear isn't a foe, but an ally: It lets you know when something could be wrong, I feel the best defence against what you recognise as unreasonable fear is to greet it like an old friend, figuratively let it know you'll be okay and, while acknowledging its presence, don't let it dissuade you from your path.

This produces similar coalitions in effect, as a strong national defense party might ally with a party that is against abortion and same sex marriage.

This investment of 75 billion is widely seen as UAE's effort to woo new Geopolitical allies against Iran and Indian attempt to counter the 46 Billion USD planned Chinese investment in Pakistan.

Given the slow - changing nature of international reputations the image of France as a friend of Arab states and of the Palestinians endured, while Britain drew hostile attention as the leading ally of the United States in the «war against terror».

Russia would certainly veto any such action against their only ally in the region, and China would likely do so as well (they typically have issues with the idea of the UN intervening against a UN-recognized government in a purely domestic issue).

Some decisions over the past twelve months like quitting international agreements, banning immigrants from specific religious - national groups and employing harsh rhetoric against allies are rightly regarded as diplomatic blows to the American image in the world.

Japan recently announced it was working on revising its constitution, following a reinterpretation of its constitution in 2014 whereby attacks against its allies would also be treated as self - defense.

On October 2, 2001 NATO «determined that the attack against the United States on 11 September was directed from abroad and shall therefore be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, which states that an armed attack on one or more of the Allies in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.»

Seeking to spin a personal attack on her into political gold, Cynthia Nixon asked her supporters for contributions to repudiate a slam against her by former NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn, a top ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as an «unqualified lesbian.»

Allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office — including former Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy now at the Rochester Business Council — in recent days have pushed back against the proposal, as have his critics in the business community.

The Council agreed that if it is determined that this attack was directed from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, which states that an armed attack against one or more of the Allies in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.

Rep. Dan Donovan, widely seen as the moderate in the primary against his predecessor, Michael Grimm, used his first television ad of the campaign to position himself as an ally in the House to President Donald Trump.

The federal courts found the Grand Street projects themselves, run by Silver allies, discriminated against black and Latino applicants in a suit that named Ralph Lippman, the father of the chief judge, as a defendant.

Jodi McDade said she saw the allegations as part and parcel with the failed efforts by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies to help Sen. Luther Strange in the primary against Moore.

Alcantara won last year with just 32 % against the two opponents - turned - allies and Democrats see her as the most vulnerable to a challenge.

During Pataki's gubernatorial years he and Trump were allies, or at least peaceful co-existors, but that's changed as the two run against each other.

Also, it may not be a cyber attack against the US, but against another country, such as an ally.