Sentences with phrase «battle against the drop»

Sunderland will continue their battle against the drop when they visit Southampton on Saturday, though fans» eyes will surely be more focused on the Tyne - Wear derby a fortnight later.

Rayo Vallecano have not been able to consolidate on their promising season from last year and are set to be embroiled in a battle against the drop during the current campaign.

The Hammers, of course, were beaten by Liverpool's ferocious attacking force at the weekend, but this encounter with the Swans could mark a chance to turn a corner in the battle against the drop.

Crucially as well, in 23 - year - old compatriot striker Luka Djordevic, on loan from Zenit, they have a goalscorer in their ranks, which is priceless to a small club battling against the drop.

Allardyce, who was Hammers boss as recently as 2015, will be named as Ronald Koeman «s successor on Thursday morning and was in attendance at Goodison Park as ex-Toffees boss David Moyes brought his West Ham team to Merseyside looking for three points in the battle against the drop.

The sale will give him some money to rebuild the West Brom squad as he battles against the drop.

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It was, I suspect, at the point when the penny finally dropped, that this Pope was as anti-relativist and anti-secularist as he had ever been, and that the battle against the secularisation of the modern world was going to be the great work of his pontificate, that the secularists began to think of actually organising against him.

After September 11, the movie also serves as a salutary reminder that war is not an antiseptic affair of bombs dropped from on high, but that the battle against evil is dirty and dangerous and unending.

Arsenal have lost their last two away league games, and they were games they'd be expected to win against two sides (Bournemouth and Swansea) involved in the tight battle to avoid the drop this season.

Gruden lets the entire gang be who they are, battle within, bark till they drop --- as long as the fight against the opponent supersedes the fight within.

This is a huge basement battle now against Southampton who are one place beneath them in the drop zone, two points back.

Only one point separates the Gunners from Tottenham Hotspur in fourth, but in what is shaping up to be a tight battle for the Champions League places, Arsenal can ill - afford to drop more points against a struggling team.

Though McCall and Cuomo ran against each other in the 2002 Democratic primary for governor — Cuomo dropped out — McCall has recently worked closely with the governor on both the tuition and budget battles.

Ms Leadsom achieved prominence taking a leading role in the Brexit campaign and leapfrogged more senior rivals amid a Tory battle which saw Boris Johnson drop out of the race after Michael Gove sensationally decided to run against him.

The program, which officials say is a key part of the battle against Opiod abuse, has recently expanded adding permanent drop - off locations...

If — and it's a big if — there does turn out to be a contested leadership battle and if — and it's another big if — John Reid has permanently improved his public image and it doesn't drop straight back down against once the news agenda moves on, then he appears to gone a long way towards positioning himself as the best alternative to Brown.

There is no easy answer in our ongoing battle against obesity, but identifying the link between the drop in physical activity and increased BMIs, as well as the groups particularly affected, can assist public health officials to develop targeted, effective interventions.

There's a poignancy to Harding's battle against her own bad reputation, and it survives I, Tonya's flippant, needle - drop approach thanks to the rage and resignation of the lead performance.

Fight against a large variety of enemies and experience massive, jaw - dropping boss battles.

The story involves the theft of a priceless painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; and a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis - all against the back - drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

Still, there's a poignancy to Harding's battle against her own bad reputation, and it survives I, Tonya's flippant, needle - drop approach thanks to the rage and resignation of the lead performance.

The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune — all against the back - drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent.

Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the final moments of the grand civil war that will determine the survival of the entire Transformers race. Fans will be able to explore the Transformers war - ravaged home planet in full 3D environments for the first time, armed with a diverse arsenal of high - tech weaponry and the ability to convert instantly from robot to vehicle form at any time as they engage in heart - pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, third - person action shooter. Complete with several multiplayer modes,  Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in / drop out online co-op, and also create their own Transformers character for competitive head - to - head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing their characterâ $ ™ s look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. Additionally, the game introduces Escalation, a four - player online co-op mode that allows gamers to fight together as their favorite Autobots or Decepticons against increasing waves of enemies utilizing strong teamwork to survive.

The opening battle against the nine - tails was brilliant; this has you jumping across rooftops in an epic battle, then it drops off dramatically from there and returns to usual fighting.

By contrast, Assassins drops you into a pitched battle against large numbers of armored soldiers while unhelpful text boxes pop up in real time.

Furthermore, Bethesda revealed that the trails will feature wave - based arena battle, drop assassinations and a race against the clock.

When Three Billboards dropped on the festival circuit, and just as the #MeToo movement was cresting, many were quick to praise the film for having at its center a woman who wages a fierce battle against the patriarchal issues that are systemic in America.

There is also an arcade mode present, limiting you to 3 lives and 3 continues like the old skool beat «em ups of years gone by, whilst a wave defending «arena mode» lets you drop in on specific parts of the stages before battling it out against a huge number of foes.

Ten distinct trials await challengers — including an arena battle against waves of enemy AI, a gravity - defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

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Included in the pack will be an arena battle against waves of enemy AI, a gravity - defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock.

Digital Homicide Studios has dropped its $ 18 million lawsuit against 100 Steam customers for negative reviews, claiming it doesn't have enough cash to see the battle through.

By contrast, Assassins drops you into a pitched battle against large numbers of armored soldiers while unhelpful text boxes pop up in real time.

It has the standard trappings of the genre: Weapons that get stronger from power - ups dropped by enemies, a secondary screen - clearing super attack with limited charges, and boss battles where you hammer away against a beefy target with patterned attacks you have to learn how to dodge while watching for exposed weak points.

Publisher Activision took home a small victory in its longstanding legal battle against Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vincent Zampella earlier this week, convincing a Los Angeles judge to drop a fraud claim against it, according to a news report.

It is well documented and proven that long drawn out custody battles that pits parents and children against each other causes permanent damage, emotional damage (parental alienation), and behavioral problems like drug use, smoking, early pregnancy, dropping out of school; and long - term health problems like depression, anxiety, and suicide.