Sentences with phrase «become fodder»

The NY Times report stated: «Any news event — no matter how tragic — has become fodder to spread inflammatory messages in what is believed to be a far - reaching Russian disinformation campaign.»

But, those of us who worry that the more extreme views may become fodder for preemptive dismissal by the alarmists have a responsibility to make sure the fringe doesn't take over the forum and paint us all in the same shade.

Just as all fundamentally utopian propositions, whether social, political, or aesthetic, are necessarily bound to fall short of their goals, so do their remnants almost axiomatically become fodder for artistic critique and repurposing.

Mass - produced materials become the fodder of the hand - made.

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For Priebe, who often uses books that have been deaccessioned from libraries as materials in her work, books become fodder for immersive installations populated by towers of tomes and swirling streams of pages that appear to defy the laws of physics.

Some impossible objects become fodder when running in Mech mode and other areas can only be reached while running as a human party.

In the holiday season, decorations become fodder as well.

(Why leave my MSS in a drawer to become fodder for cockroaches).

They sometimes become fodder for my blog because I find that they are much like those silly messages on church signs; what the author thinks they are saying and the message that comes across are often very different.

As two program leaders described, the work of supporting STEM PLCs can become the fodder for discussions among administrators:

This first act is a tight piece of storytelling about the way Briony's flights of fancy become the fodder for harmful gossip mongering and a concise look at class structure and the prejudices that arise from it.

Without adequate food or medical supplies, the men become fodder from the wild arctic wolves who have laid dominion over the territory, and want this new threat dead.

But even when the killing flares up we're simply watching these three characters interact while unnamed soldiers, police, henchmen, and guards get caught in the crossfire or become fodder for lazy kill scenes.

Now, mankind must fight back against these violent giants, or become fodder themselves.

His matriarchal in - laws become the fodder for this minor comedy.

In South Korea, loneliness is now so entrenched it has become fodder for public entertainment.

Although theoretical at present, these questions may become fodder for fan magazines if interest already expressed in Intuition's movie rights turns into a green light for production.

«Without further rigorous testing, findings like these can become fodder for pseudo-scientific educational programmes,» he says.

DO N'T DO IT Urinating on a wound to clean it in an emergency has become fodder for urban legend, but new research debunks the idea that urine is sterile.

For now, a story that began with Hoyt's surprise resignation from his state post last month has become fodder for the New York City tabloids, with one weekend paper labeling Hoyt a «pervert.»

Hochul's conservative views and votes — necessary for someone representing a GOP - dominated district — have become fodder for Wu, who has accused her of being too far to the right to lead a blue state like New York.

The unusually high percentage of school budgets that passed yesterday in spite of dire predictions by everyone from Gov. David Paterson on down has become fodder for the teachers union and its allies in the fight to restore $ 1.4 billion worth of education cuts proposed by the governor.

What's more, they could become fodder for cyberbullying, gossip, and other mean behaviors.

But after that, they switch to enemy - status and become fodder for the fortress like anyone else.

It's amazing to me how quickly this study has become fodder for evangelical outrage over relativism, particularly here in Dayton.

You become fodder for something, even if it is your own emotions.

Every well - qualified prospect that becomes an ideal customer becomes fodder for finding more.

Every prayer, every rally, every event hosted by one religious faction becomes fodder for the other to question the sincerity of their faith.

«R.M. Goodswell Christians would have you believe that they were singled out by the Romans... other cultures and peoples faired poorly when encountering the empire... heh... even being roman didn't buy you a pass sometimes in ancient rome... if they felt they needed fresh bodies for the arena, you became fodder.

Press conferences became open - ended forums for self expression, staged arena arrivals became fashion shows, practice quotes became fodder for think pieces.

Whatever isn't digested gets carried into the large intestine, where it becomes fodder for healthy colonies of microbes.

«I would think here would be a deep imperative to ensure that that was renewed for a substantial time frame, and it's telling to me that that became fodder for more of the political deal - making,» Mr. de Blasio said.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

Compare that to grad school, where the thing you decided just becomes fodder for a lot of complaints about why it will never occur.

These scattered isolated groups became fodder for disease and sudden change.

The Kodak made it possible for ordinary Americans to take snapshots at a reasonable cost, and so a whole host of everyday situations became fodder for amateur photographers: a child's birthday party, a trip to the beach, a vacation.

The exchange became fodder for 1000 late - night TV monologues, and it seemed to launch a new era of degraded public discourse, in which falsehoods become «alternative truths,» and unwelcome news for politicians becomes «fake news.»

Fake news became fodder for ugly partisan warfare online, too.

The details soon became fodder for late - night comedians: Both women were involved with the same man (another astronaut), and Nowak, a 43 - year - old married mother of three, allegedly wore an adult diaper so she could make her Houston - to - Orlando drive with fewer restroom stops.

BERNIE, the amazing true story of the titular character, the most beloved man in the town of Carthage, Texas, who befriended the most despised, and the richest, person in that town, Marjorie Nugent, in a relationship that pitted good against evil with results that amazed, astonished, and became the fodder for small - town gossip from the first day they clapped eyes on each other right up until today.

But she stumbled over basic education policy questions during her Senate confirmation hearing, clips of which went viral and became fodder for late - night comics.

In Arthur and Sherlock, literary historian Michael Sims traces some of Doyle's grand adventures, including expeditions to the polar icecap and Africa, and shows how they became fodder for his early prose.

That large following of readers thus becomes fodder for pitching my novel to traditional publishers.

Yooka - Laylee is painfully self aware, with the game's reliance on nostalgic cliches frequently becoming fodder for the characters» dry wit and classic British humor that gives adults the occasional chuckle but would go over younger player's heads.

The city became fodder for his grand compositions as his commitment to abstract form encompassed his deep sympathies for the found abstractions of urban life.

Such whimsies became fodder for Renaissance masters and later for Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, modern, and postmodern artists.

They see possibilities everywhere and are constantly taking in information that becomes fodder for creative expression.

Not exact matches

«Clearly, the film carried the risk that an unflattering camera angle, unwelcome question or even an obvious omission by Mr. Scorsese would become a blemish to Mr. Clinton's legacy or provide fodder for Clinton critics as the 2016 campaign approaches,» the Times» Amy Chozick and Michael Cieply wrote.

Systems like this have poor production values and become easy fodder for people who believe organic is intrinsically a lower yield scenario.