Sentences with phrase «by running interference»

And maybe he has done Dr. Pratt a dubious service by running interference and throwing crackback blocks in the good Doc's defense.

Try to avoid bailing your child out of trouble, as well as making uncomfortable consequences easier by running interference.

Not exact matches

Facebook has removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by the Russian government - connected troll farm and election interference squad the Internet Research Agency.

That final grasp of a lead didn't last long, though, as in the very next at - bat Judge doubled to left field that (thanks to some interference by a grabby, leaning fan) didn't get back to the infield in time to make a play at the plate to get Jacoby Ellsbury (running for Headley) out.

That allowed Harry Douglas to run a quick slant underneath him, which was only broken up by obvious pass interference committed by Colts cornerback Jalil Brown.

So, Mr Governor has maintained the position of the law by giving the university the autonomy to manage and run itself without any form of interference.

And by locking down a deal now, he reduced the chance that Cuomo could stealthily run interference for Republicans or sabotage the Democrats efforts in some other way.

Details about alleged interference in an ethics probe by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's aides are leaking out daily, and most newspapers have run critical editorials.

If I am out with a platonic female friend and she has a guy she is not interested in at all talking her ear off she just throws me a sign and I just run interference and «rescue» her by pulling her away to dance or something.

Knife Fight (Unrated) Strange bedfellows drama about a political strategist (Rob Lowe) who comes to be haunted by the dark side of his profession while running interference for a trio of seedy political candidates (Eric McCormick, David Harbour and Carrie - Anne Moss).

I mean, is it not absurd, if another strong indicator of the importance MEIFF is aspiring to, for a festival in only its third year to be handing out lifetime achievement awards, moreover when that award is being handed out by Hilary Swank, flown into Abu Dhabi for that purpose alone (or... was it perhaps to run a little interference against the imminent Doha festival, shortly to launch itself with Mira Nair's Swank - starring Amelia?).

But Church attorneys had repeatedly run interference for the perpetrators by settling claims out of court while simultaneously swearing the plaintiffs to secrecy via non-disclosure agreements.

Exam board OCR has condemned a proposal to create a single state - run awarding body, which is currently being considered by ministers as a «Corbyn-esque» approach that would lead to political interference.

I just love how he goes and hires retired principals by telling them they finally get a shot at running a school properly, without constant interference.

He co-founded and helps run Interference Archive, a public collection of cultural materials produced by social movements (InterferenceArchive.org).

One voice of common sense and compassion — to the contrary of the nasty nonsense pitched up by the shills that run interference for their wind industry clients — came from Dr Bob McMurty — a highly (and relevantly) qualified Professor from Ontario.

Base - load generators are designed to run 24 x 7 and the interference caused by intermittent wind power output is having a dramatic effect on their ability to operate profitably.

Facebook has removed 70 Facebook accounts, 138 Facebook Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by the Russian government - connected troll farm and election interference squad the Internet Research Agency.

The company also knew about how bad Russian interference on Facebook was in the run - up to the election by as early as November 2016, according to the New York Times, but didn't come forward about it until September 2017, all the while refusing to answer questions from reporters.