Sentences with phrase «early skirmishes»

"Early skirmishes" refers to small and preliminary battles that take place at the beginning of a conflict or competition. Full definition
Early skirmish gameplay also means upgrades to specific troops feel more important.
In an earlier skirmish, Spotify claimed last summer that Apple blocked approval of its latest iPhone and iPad app solely to harm Spotify, a claim Apple denied.
In an early skirmish in the prolonged battle over net neutrality, Martin as FCC chairman joined with Democratic members to censure Comcast Corp. for improperly interfering with customers» web traffic.
Indeed, in the early skirmishes Arsenal found it surprisingly easy to extract change from a Monaco defence that had conceded only one goal in the entire group stage.
The early skirmishes have been dispiriting, to say the least.
Ed Miliband and Balls are said to be in the early skirmishes of something the Labour party has historically excelled at: vicious internal warfare.
In the aftermath of the early skirmish, the Resistance fleet is barely holding on against a barrage ordered by the First Order's General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) at the behest of Supreme Leader Snoke (performed by Andy Serkis).
The film stars Mel Gibson as a widowed South Carolina plantation owner who's reluctantly drawn into the early skirmishes of the American Revolution.
teachers» strike in Chicago is being viewed by many as an early skirmish in a coming war over the crisis in public education — stagnant or declining graduation rates, substandard educations, dilapidated schools, angry teachers, underserved students.
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