Sentences with phrase «battle for which»

The light of Andúril must now be uncovered in the battle for which it has so long waited.»

Now back in her regular school, she sits in class and opens her worn copy of Hunger Games to the dog - eared page in chapter seven, and continues to read as the main character, Katniss, realizes she must fight a battle for which she was underprepared.

It could be argued that The Promotion has too little bite and pulls its punches because the struggle between Doug and Richard doesn't develop into the winner - takes - all battle for which it appears to be headed.

Cups mode offers 4 cups with the first three cups comprising of 4 races per cup at a duration of 5 laps per race with a points table of anywhere from 1 point for finishing in 4th place to 4 points for winning the race resulting in close battles for which car wins the cup; accompanied by a rewarding podium at the climax of the championship.

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And FC Barcelona fights not only to win league titles — it has won Spain's La Liga two dozen times and many European championships — but also to maintain its unique culture within Spain's semiautonomous region of Catalonia, which has battled for its separate rights from Madrid for more than a century.

In addition to the battle for control, which has pitted Dauman against 93 - year - old controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari, the company said that advertising sales have been weak, and they are expected to be down by 4 % for the quarter.

But as the day's final speaker, he couldn't leave the stage without blowing one more kiss at Ackman: Icahn disclosed that he has now asked his company for permission to take up to a 50 percent stake in Herbalife, the supplement company over which the two have battled so publicly.

In 2016, Tatum and Dewan participated in an iconic episode of «Lip Sync Battle» in which Dewan paid homage to «Magic Mike» by painting on some abs and giving Tatum a lap dance to Ginuwine's «Pony,» and Tatum recruited Beyonce to join him for his dance to «Who Run The World.»

Kik's fiercest competitor in the battle to dominate this new era of interfaces is Facebook, which has been encouraging developers to build bots for its Messenger platform and whose WhatsApp subsidiary is finally opening up to business uses.

Verizon, which claims a high - quality cell network, is locked in a battle for subscribers with AT&T Inc /, Sprint Corp. and T - Mobile US Inc. in a saturated U.S. wireless market.

The final negotiating session, which was scheduled for 3.30 p.m. Paris time, began four hours late because a few delegates were battling over whether commitments would include the word «should» or «shall.»

And it's here where a new battle is brewing, because these middlemen, which make up the backbone of the Internet, and which many small businesses also depend on for access, are now competing head - on with enormous providers like Comcast and Verizon.

The delayed launch of what Monsanto calls a blockbuster product is another setback for the company, which is already battling to keep a new version of a herbicide on the market in the face of complaints that it damaged millions of acres of crops this summer.

Subdued inflation forced the BOJ to revamp its policy framework in 2016 to one better suited for a long - term battle against deflation, which targets interest rates instead of the pace of money printing.

For the past decade, I've been involved in the battle to protect the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, which is under threat from the proposed Pebble Mine project.

Uber is locked in a money - losing battle with U.S. competitor Lyft, which appears to have been the beneficiary of the Uber backlash, though neither company has released any exact numbers for app downloads or deletions.

The two sides fought a protracted battle for control, which Cara won.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

Markets are now focused on the raging battle for Libya, which produces more than 1.6 million barrels per day.

Although Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee did not respond to a request for comment, he has said the battle over the bank is one of philosophy, which for conservatives dictates that the government should stay out of free enterprise.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has an all - cash offer on the table for $ 9 billion and has been battling for Oncor with fellow billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management, which is Energy Future Holdings» largest creditor.

So far the battle has entailed more words than action, with the tax's supporters trading charged public comments with representatives of the tech companies such as Weinberg's Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, which represents Salesforce, Google, Pinterest, Twilio, and others.

Trump has increased US support for the Saudis against Iran, which could increase the risk of a battle for control of the oil market spilling into an all out confrontation.

Even before the deal was rebuffed Monday, Broadcom had been preparing for a proxy battle in which it would appeal directly to Qualcomm shareholders, according to a Bloomberg News report.

Some gaming enthusiast sites have suggested the game could feature a battle royale mode, similar to the staggeringly popular «PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds,» which has 30 million players on PCs and has sold 3 million copies for the Xbox One.

BlackBerry has been fighting a losing battle for market share against its touchscreen competitors, which include Apple Inc. and phones on the Android operating system.

In Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's battle for the White House, investors have been trying to predict for months which potential president would be better for the stock market — and what the stock market itself is predicting to be the winner.

In a 2005 interview with The Associated Press, before his final crusade which was held in New York, Graham said he regretted that he didn't battle for civil rights more forcefully.

The game, in which players search out and capture Pokemon characters and do battle with other Pokemon, is free, but it also offers in - app purchases for power - ups and extra items.

Describing Valve's new product, which is now entering beta testing, as a «latent threat,» Piers Harding - Rolls, analyst at IHS Screen Digest, says that for all its accomplishments Valve faces an uphill battle.

«One imagines that usually if you're not good substantively, you've got a lot of energy for turf battles but he was both, which is interesting.»

The FMHR crew share their play on which athletic apparel company is best positioned to win the battle for sponsorships.

In Indonesia, the region's biggest economy and most populous country with more than 250 million people, it's in a fierce battle for customers with local app Go - Jek, which has backing from Google and Tencent.

The plane could perk up relatively slow sales for the 737 MAX 7 and help Boeing's market share battle with Airbus Group SE, which has outsold it with its competing A320 jet.

The conflict: Americans and Canadians are battling it out over the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ont., to Buffalo, N.Y. Americans on the binational authority overseeing the bridge are accusing Canadians of foot - dragging on a redevelopment project on the U.S. side, and Cuomo said the bridge is a «metaphor for dysfunction.»

Fields, who recently wrote the acclaimed Career Renegades as a battle cry for would - be entrepreneurs, sold Sonic Yoga in December 2008, which was possible because the business was not dependent on him or any one of his instructors.

The results of Uber's legal battle could reshape the sharing economy, which is built around Internet companies that serve as marketplaces matching people who provide a service with others looking to pay for it.

At the Challenge Festival, startups like as BaseTrace, which «uses DNA - based tracers to track where industrial fluids are going in large, complex environments» and Reliefwatch, a cloud - based system that uses smartphone technology to track inventory and diseases for healthcare organizations in the developing world, battled it out on stage for a grand prize of $ 150,000 in investment.

Billed as the Trump administration's new strategy on Syria, the announcement will prolong the risks and redefine the mission for the U.S. military, which has for years sought to define its operations in Syria along more narrow lines of battling Islamic State and has about 2,000 U.S. ground forces in the country.

Numerous startups like Wave, which form the bulk of Hired's corporate clients, have created a profile on Hired to get an upper hand in the battle for talent.

That campaign produced a move to eliminate the funding for the IRS crackdown — one of multiple fronts on which a legislative battle is being waged.

Both companies have cooperated with Korean giant Samsung, which is waging a fierce IP legal battle with Apple and is its main rival for global hegemony in smartphones and tablets.

The government launched a 70 - day «battle» to prepare for North Korea's most important political event in 36 years, the 7th Korean Workers Party Congress, which took place between May 6 to 10.

Breadsticks have become a battle cry for Starboard, which said it has identified myriad examples of wasteful spending that add up to as much as $ 75 million a year.

Energy regulators in the state are battling utility companies over net metering, which is the process through which solar customers get a credit for a certain amount of electricity that they send back to the grid.

Democrats are preparing for a battle over President Trump's push to dismantle the Dodd - Frank financial reform law, which analysts said will be difficult to accomplish without bipartisan support.

The chain is in the middle of a legal battle with Macy's, which sued media and merchandising company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for breaching an exclusive contract when Martha Stewart signed a deal with Penney in December 2011 to open shops at most of its stores this spring.

The Vote for Environment site generally favours incumbents, but chooses to stay mum on races like Vancouver Centre, Vancouver Kingsway and Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca, which are expected to be battles between the NDP and the Liberals.

Reports surfaced recently that Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue was in preliminary talks for a data - sharing deal to help its troubled mapping service, and Facebook and Google went to battle this spring to acquire Waze, the social - mapping startup, which Google managed to snap up for $ 1.1 billion.

People's Uber has also prompted a battle with Didi Kuaidi, which last month started its own service for private drivers, called Kuaiche.