Sentences with phrase «cudgels against»

The result, these experts say, is tantamount to a nuclear weapons standoff: Companies with formidable patent portfolios can use them as cudgels against rivals, while those with fewer patents risk being eaten alive in court.

Geoff Berman, executive director of the state Democratic Party that is essentially controlled by Cuomo, used Saturday's vote as a cudgel against his fellow liberals in the WFP.

«Be a champion for a smaller federal government, except when Washington can be used as a cynical cudgel against your political enemies,» the editorial said.

In that vein, the Boehner memo sought to highlight the ongoing ethics questions surrounding New York Rep. Charlie Rangel — evidence that Republicans will seek to use Rangel's problems as a cudgel against House Democrats in the coming months.

It's not that Pasolini was one of those directors who liked to use Bad Sex as a cudgel against audiences.

Private critics screenings are, of course, held at the pleasure of the company, but other journalists objected to Disney using that privilege as a cudgel against a newspaper simply for reporting a story.

Very rarely I have seen somebody taking cudgel against a really very giant institution called HDFC Group.

The Bazelgeuse flew off and the Deviljho turned its focus to the newest monster, grabbing it in its jaws to use as a makeshift cudgel against us.

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It is against this position that Martin now takes up the cudgels.

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel's decision to take to the House floor today to defend himself against ethics charges further complicated Democrats» ability to drive their preferred economic message while simultaneously handing Republicans a cudgel which they immediately began to use to beat up on endangered incumbents.