Sentences with phrase «as dogfights»

«You can virtually find a convention [as dogfights are called in the jargon of the sport] on any weekend in any of the 50 states,» says Eric Sakach of the West Coast Regional office of the Humane Society in Sacramento.

Battles are frequently depicted, with weapons and fists, as well as dogfights between airborne vehicles.

Referring to anything involving Michael Vick as a dogfight is very ill - advised.

That will be extremely hard to take as the dogfight for the Champions League places is becoming extremely tight, with the hated Mourinho creeping up and just 2 points behind us as well.

The Scottish SPCA has said that they have found evidence that shows that cats are being used as dogfighting bait.

Organized cruelty, such as dogfighting, cockfighting and other bloodsports, is illegal in all 50 states, and is linked to other criminal activities such as human violence, gambling and drug distribution.

You'll engage in pitched sniper battles across the length of the map, assault the enemy in close quarters combat, drop off your squad by piloting a helicopter under enemy fire, decimate the foe with a tank, watch jets scream overhead as they dogfight, dodge a mini-gun attack from a boat and sneak through enemy lines, all in the same match.

We intend for players to be earning UEC in a limited fashion as early as the dogfighting module (say for fighting so many test battles, or winning a team battle competition) and felt Voyager Direct would be the first step in getting the basic systems in place.

We'll admit, few things in Battlefront 2 are as satisfying and exhilarating as dogfighting with other players and AI in Starfighter Assault, but much like the rest of the modes in the game simply chasing kills is actually a less effective way to bank the most Battle Points and XP at the end of the match.

Not exact matches

One: books about how the financial crash happened and why (Making it Happen, The Alchemists, The Unwinding, The Billionaire's Apprentice, After the Music Stopped) and two: books about the business and culture of technology (The Everything Store, Smarter Than You Think, as well as Hatching Twitter, by Nick Bilton and Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution, by Fred Vogelstein.)

It wasn't until they got back home, when they started reviewing the pictures, that they noticed a third unidentified aircraft that they described as a «triangular» object which appeared to be dogfighting the «Vipers» (as the F - 16s are dubbed within the fighter pilots community).

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

Still going on in truth, as we added Alexis and Welbz yet are still in a dogfight for 4th and got extremely lucky in our CL draw after botching our group.

Rafael Benitez's Newcastle side are just four points above the relegation zone right now, and as usual it is going to be a dogfight right until the end of the season with just 5 points separating 13th and 19th in the table at the moment, with just 8 games to go.

As for our EPL title ambitions I think it's a bridge too far - there are so many good teams now it's going to be a dogfight — there are no real pushovers anymore and we just have to accept that and move on.

Sirs: If I may be allowed an opinion, dog shows should be declared illegal, for they are as cruel as the «pit» dogfights of old.

In ending the season - long dogfight between the Huskies and Miami for No. 1, Washington's defeat eased the pressure on the voters, whose picks are being scrutinized as never before.

As a matter of fact in 2013/2014 season three of Man City's first four losses were to Cardiff City, Aston Villa, and Sunderland, teams that spent the season in a relegation dogfight.

On April 6, Norwich City got lucky, as «three of the other four sides involved in the relegation dogfight lost.»

Despite this, from Manfred von Richthofen through his arch-enemy Snoopy and on to Maverick, the mythology around flying aces and their swooping, diving, duels in the sky has invested the notion of the «dogfight» with an unshakeable glamour, and the sense that here is a feature of war that can perhaps be viewed as unambiguously fun.

On the playing side the club has battled manfully to get themselves out of the relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point against Sunderland, it will take a few more such battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.

Stoke City and Manchester United both sit in rather different positions in the Premier League table at this current time, Stoke's years of uncompromisingly physical football appear to have caught up with them as Tony Pulis» men have found themselves slipping down the table since Christmas with the Potters now fully involved in a relegation dogfight.

While they lurch at the wrong end of the Championship, facing up to a dogfight in terms of their second tier status, the jet - heeled youngster is showing flashes of star potential as an offensive player.

With Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal are in fine form, it looks as though there will be a straight - up dogfight for that fourth and final Champions League spot.

Leicester City are currently without a manager as they sacked Claudio Ranieri at the end of last week, after a tumultuous season sees them well and truly in the relegation dogfight.

Overview: Aston Villa was a club seemingly on the up back in January, that despite their involvement in a relegation dogfight, as Darren Bent's arrival from Sunderland appeared to have signalled the club's second coming.

In Burnley, we face opposition who are in a relegation dogfight, but certainly don't look as doomed as our last opponents Leicester.

Protests, stadium, ownership, fan unity and an aging playing squad were all on the agenda as we head into a very tough relegation dogfight.

Their recent record is why they might still end up in the relegation dogfight, as they haven't won a single league game in 2017.

A draw would ensure Arsenal finish in third position, as well as guaranteeing Sunderland survival in the relegation dogfight.

As it stands, teams with tough early fixtures could find themselves in a relegation dogfight early on in the season, which then inhibits the way that they play for the remainder.

«There were three dogs that we were able to identify as being specifically being part of this dogfighting ring,» said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who said that «paraphernalia» related to dog fighting was also recovered from the address.

As the birds merged, pairs of gulls and crows broke off their straight flight and engaged in dogfights, making tight turns trying to attack one another.

The current model is a cherry - red coupe that looks as though it should be dogfighting TIE fighters outside the Death Star.

Directed by Peter Berg, follow a crew of gamers — including Michael Phelps and Danny McBride — as they escape the frustrations of Earth and launch into intense dogfights, zero - G combat and classic boots - on - the - ground action across the solar system in this epic new installment in the Call of Duty franchise.

Unfortunately the game becomes rather repetitive as you get to the crux of the story but every now and then, the gameplay does change to give you a break from the monotony of the title such as using wasps to glide through the environment while you dogfight against exterminators which is kind of cool.

Generally I prefer WWII themed - dogfights on PC or PS3 as compared to «set and forget» missile combat.

The focus on epic battles involving arrows, swordplay and midair dogfights as well as scores of characters, allows little time for character or script development.

I spent numerous hours playing the game with my best friend from school, finding it hilarious as we crashed into buildings while undertaking tight turns to try and get the upper hand on each other in a dogfight.

Jolie stages impressive action sequences throughout as she has a keen sense of how to maximize suspense and thrills particularly the dogfights and the lost at sea portions.

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge takes the hot action to the skies for some furious dogfighting, and it does so with the same brand of pick - up - and - play as MechAssault.

Years of hard work and finding her niche as an actor has turned Mendez into one of today's most versatile performers; since «Dogfight» she's played Elphaba in «Wicked» and broke hearts in last year's drama «Significant Other,» totaling six Broadway credits.

As are the new multiplayer modes: Mad Survival, which is the normal wave - based mode but with main characters assailing your party, and Dogfight, which sees players clinging to the undersides of helicopters as they attempt to blast each other out of the aiAs are the new multiplayer modes: Mad Survival, which is the normal wave - based mode but with main characters assailing your party, and Dogfight, which sees players clinging to the undersides of helicopters as they attempt to blast each other out of the aias they attempt to blast each other out of the air.

Also present in the footage, according to Miller's description, are Chewbacca, General Leia Organa, and Finn, as well as scenes of an X-Wing in a dogfight aboard a much larger ship and numerous locations.

With the exception of an intriguing scene in which an eager crowd places bets on a dogfight between a pit bull and a smaller MTR, the humans seldom interact directly with these enormous E.T.s. Just imagine how dull «Jurassic Park» would be if the dinosaurs were seen exclusively in the far distance, as the paleontological safari intended, rather than endangering the characters in close proximity.

This is an entertainment flick, complete with digitized dogfighting, a romance between a soldier and local Italian woman and cheesy phrases in battle such as, «Ha, ha!

The return of the Millennium Falcon and the familiar sight of dogfighting TIE Fighters and X-Wings also ares sure to bring tears to even the hardest - core fans» eyes — especially as those ships sweep, zoom and swerve like never before via some excellent visual effects work from Industrial Light & Magic and company.

There will problem be some dogfights, as they're gathered around some engines and stuff in this picture.

As for the plot: It's like that River Phoenix movie «Dogfight,» but funny and with guys.

O'Connell stars as Louis «Louie» Zamperini during his wartime years, throwing its audience directly into a chaotic dogfight in the middle of a bombing run in the Pacific Theater.