Sentences with phrase «down from a fight»

Though the billionaire investor recently backed down from his fight with Apple for a stock buyback, he still may have won the battle; CEO Tim Cook announced Apple repurchased $ 14 billion of its shares.

Naomi Klein told The Observer: «The fact that they invited me indicates they're not backing down from the fight.

I wasn't going to be the one to back down from a fight over my child.

He never backs down from a fight regardless of the size of his opponent, and given Hank's tranquil nature, Tex will have a big advantage.

I will never back down from fighting for equality.

Nixon says she is not backing down from any fights.

«People should know that I never back down from a fight,» Katko said.

ALBANY — State Assembly Democrats have effectively backed down from a fight over mayoral control of New York City schools.

The president has never feuded with a politician quite like Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson, a Democrat who is known for her bedazzled, sequined - blinged hats, her vibrant matching outfits and her reputation for never backing down from a fight.

«Just as Lady Liberty holds her torch high in our harbor, New York will always stand for freedom and tolerance, and while the federal government tries to tear families apart and betray our core values, we will never back down from fighting for the most vulnerable among us.»

She is passionate about her community, she knows the issues, never backs down from a fight, and puts in the hard work necessary to be successful.

As Charlie, Mildred's ex-husband, John Hawkes intermittently slithers into frame to exude the horrible echo of whatever menace this man used to exert over her, inspiring apprehensive looks in Mildred's face but never getting her to back down from a fight.

Documenting Ebert's final months, we see a man who was challenged by his own ambition, who saw road blocks as doorways and would never back down from a fight — especially if it was about a movie he was passionate about.

Can they back down from this fight?

Although some of these are kind of weird in my opinion (Volcanoville, vampires, zombies, «Never back down from a fight»), to the kids they are relevant — they own these ideas.

He never backed down from a fight but he also never disparaged his opponent.

Dear U.S. Secretary John B. King, Jr.: Write regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act that ensure schools serving poor students get the federal funds they were intended to get and don't back down from the fight over supplement - not - supplant, nine Democratic senators — including presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — wrote in a letter Monday.

Because no matter what if a fight breaks out between a pit and another dog the pit will AUTOMATICALLY be blamed (and you can be darn sure that they won't back down from a fight).

Sallinger has never backed down from a fight on behalf of birds and wildlife.

A Caucasian Ovcharka, is a fierce proud dog, that would never back down from a fight.

But he won't back down from a fight either.

While a well - socialized Bull Terrier should not generally be aggressive, he will not back down from a fight when he is provoked.

A Pom won't back down from a fight with a larger dog and may be injured even in rough play.

They're stubborn and fearless in the face of adversity (real or imagined) and they won't back down from a fight even from opponents that are much larger than themselves.

Honestly, the only difference, personality wise, you may find different about these dogs is that if provoked, they will be less likely to back down from a fight than any other breed.

He never backs down from a fight no matter odds, and though he may be a member of the criminal underworld, he is a man of honor.

Fox, of course, was the fearless leader who never backed down from any fight; Slippy was the overanxious pipsqueak; Falco was the sarcastic tough guy; and Peppy was the experienced mentor.

This art was designed not to just give player a glimpse of the brutal Starhawk universe, but to give a little insight into our main character Emmett Graves, a man who won't back down from a fight.

Surfrider Foundation refuses to back down from this fight until the community beach is open again to the public.

In addition, our attorneys never back down from a fight in the courtroom.

No law firm can guarantee results, but we can guarantee that we aggressively pursue our client's cases and we never back down from any fight in the best interests of our clients.

Easy — because neither of us will back down from a fight, and there are constant opportunities for fighting in day - to - day living.

At McComb Witten, we have built a reputation around taking on ICBC and their army of lawyers, and we never back down from a fight.

We don't shy away or back down from a fight, even against large corporations and insurance companies.

He is a compassionate attorney, but one who wouldn't back down from a fight in order to get me a fair settlement for my injuries.

If there's one thing I've learned about trial lawyers is that even in the face of defeat we never back down from a fight even if our opponent is bigger, better funded and more powerful.

If the new Title X rule becomes permanent after a 30 - day public comment period, which is likely, those states will be forced to back down from the fight against the nation's largest family planning provider.

So why can some of us abandon the warfare and move on quickly, and it takes some us hours to come down from a fight?

Not exact matches

The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council is to fight a directive from the state government ordering it to shut down its waste treatment operations at Canning Vale.

Twitter has fought a number of times to strike down censorship orders from the Turkish authorities, or demands to release user information.

In one episode, Dale Jr. fights his way back from two laps down to finish second at Bristol — yet crew chief Greg Ives is clearly dejected.

But how does a company like Marriott keep its rooms full and avoid fighting with its own properties, even when some of them are often down the block from each other?

«We didn't start this fight, but no way in hell are we going to back down from it.»

Nintendo's large cast of famous faces — from Mario to Donkey Kong, Pikachu to Princess Peach — take each other down in a simplified fighting format.

Mir made his Bellator debut and was the aggressor from the start by taking down Emelianenko, but Emelianenko quickly got up and threw Mir to the ground and controlled the fight the rest of the way.

Meanwhile, despite threats from Trump that he would shut down the government if his U.S. - Mexico border wall is not paid for, lawmakers and aides say the White House has eased off that threat and any fight over the border wall will be delayed until later in the year.

if the afgan people got that mad when the twin towers came down or at the number of people that die from their heroine crop or at the way they surpress women then I would stay and fight for them but they are a backward people and they deserve the taliban

Same story when trained the Q - aida and Tali - ban to fight the so - vi - et troops who were considered non religious or infidels at that time and it was the pr - opa - ganda that was used to recruit islamic worriers from all over the Islamic world until they were driven out of afghani lands and until there was no use from them the plot was made to eliminate their presence and to pave the way for a new invasion by the west for those areas with out any fight but seems it did not work out as was hoped for and that's why their troops are deep down in the...!?

He comes down the Mount of Olives, the place from which, according to Zechariah 14, God will fight the nations and restore Jerusalem.

There was something poignant, too, in watching these foot soldiers in the Obama - Pelosi army being mowed down in droves, in many cases having been denied funding from national party headquarters with which to make a fight.