Sentences with phrase «ending battles against»

Our bumbling detective is equipped with an incredible array of gadgets to help him in his never - ending battles against crime and corruption.

Our bumbling detective is equipped with an incredible array of gadgets to help him in his never - ending battles against crime and corruption.

Our bumbling detective is equipped with an incredible array of gadgets to help him in his never - ending battles against crime and corruption.

The first page of the latest installment in Superman's never - ending battle against evil (Action Comics # 786 for those interested in the number) opens with a familiar cliché: «Look, up in...

Final Fantasy VII burst onto the PS1 with graphics that amazed and a story that overwhelmed gamers everywhere, but in its earnest attempt at creating a connection to the player, something happened that allowed the genre to slowly spiral out of control into a never - ending battle against goofy dialogue, uncanny graphics, and an over-abundance of drama played up for the sake of drama.

Ah, the never ending battle against video game reviews.

Shifting the focus away from Mario's never - ending battle against Bowser, the game introduces the evil witch Cackletta (and her speaking impaired sidekick, Fawful), as they attempt to take over both the Mushroom and Beanbean Kingdoms.

All Stars» Arcade Mode was alright, but not the greatest (cough cough, stills with voice - overs) I did like the end battle against Polygon Man though.

The next installment in the never ending battle against the templars has been revealed to the world as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and despite the quality of the ship there's bound to be a few leaks here and there; lucky for us this means that we get our hands on the precious treasure of new screenshots and trailers.

Many scientists fight a never - ending battle against dust in their laboratory.

Not exact matches

The logic: In a battle of big and slow against small and fast, give me the speedsters and let me see that beautiful turnover chain a few more times before 2017 comes to an end.

Across the country, the ongoing battle against wi - fi hogs is pushing some business owners to reimagine their spaces in ways that may end up being less comfortable for some, or at least less conducive to laptop loitering.

But usually what you end up with instead is a never - ending, time - sucking battle against the natural tendency of spaces of all kinds to descend into clutter and chaos.

The constant flurry of complaints between the two companies underscores how their patent battles aren't coming to an end anytime soon — even though both companies have suffered legal losses in previous face - offs against one another.

What it's about: The «Harry Potter» series ended with a bang, with Harry, Ron, and Hermione finding the remaining horcruxes and facing off against Lord Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts.

You can work within the system, you can fight against the system, you can try to employ all these different tactics, but at the end of the day, having a group of comrades who are going to be your army in this battle is going to help immensely.»

In this vein, decentralized currencies give people a fighting chance in their battle against never - ending inflation.

While the exemption addresses the longtime concerns of the Little Sisters, a group of Catholic nuns who are arguing against the birth control requirement, it does not end their court battle.

He is instead «the Lord God of Hosts,» as Mother Abagail, his prophet in The Stand, might put it, intervening directly in the lives of his people and demanding that they conform those lives to his will — whether it's the chosen few who survive The Stand's superflu and end up shepherded west to Boulder, Colorado, to form a new Israel set against the Babylon of Las Vegas; or the motley heroes of Desperation, King's finest 1990s novel, who coalesce around a «God - bombed» eleven - year - old to battle a demon called Tak, accidentally let loose in the Nevada desert.

Last game he played against Parma he battled like mad in winning the ball, running with it half of the pitch and in the end scoring a goal by beating the keeper in a cool way.

A week following their short - handed Loss to Team Wong we saw them once again battling with a short - bench but this Week they were able to grit - out a W against Team Kaplan at the end of the Game.

Worked out well that these two squads were alphabetically next to each other so we can address both here in a succinct way — Team Holzman has two wins this year, both against Team Apuli, and Team Shamberg is winless; one of those trends ends on Sunday Night as these two will do battle.

We have played Bayern several times and although we have won a few battles against them, they always end up winning the war against us.

They battled until the end against a McNichols squad that had three different players put up 20 points.

«Edge Hill fought right to the end and gave a good battle providing great practice and preparation for the cup quarter final against Chester next Wednesday.

It's that time of year again when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo battle against each other under the pretence of it being anything other than a two - horse race for the end of season awards.

The big match clash in Carabao Cup Semifinal first leg battle between Chelsea against Arsenal didn't end as exciting as one might expected with both teams failing to show up their qualities for 90 minutes.

With the departure of mentor Sam Allardyce and the appointment of miserable turd - stain Gary Megson, Diouf's time at Wanderers came to an end in 2008 with the club fighting against relegation - a battle that they would win with the help of the former Liverpool forward.

The match against Italy in 1934 was dubbed «The Battle of Highbury» it proved to be so violent that The FA seriously considered ending its participation in international football.

We secured a hard - earned point at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as a battling display ended in a 0 - 0 draw against Chelsea.

Subsequently Bolton were punished on the break and ended up losing 4 - 1 against Tottenham, leaving the Trotters with an uphill battle to get themselves safe.

Whether it's «The Case Against Breast - feeding,» the Motrin Moms saga or the latest article alleging that working moms are more depressed, we're in a never - ending battle of Mommy Wars.

This makes no mention of the civil public action brought against Nestlé in Brazil that led to it ending production of Pure Life bottled water in the country, the criticism of its activities in countries such as Pakistan nor the many community battles across North America and elsewhere.

(The battle over New York's budget went into high gear Wednesday as a protest against cuts and the end of a «millionaires» tax» blockaded an entrance to the Capitol for almost an hour.

In endorsing the wealthy Callaway rancher and businessman in his uphill battle against Republican Ben Sasse and Democratic nominee Dave Domina, the Journal Star maintained that «a handful of sensible independents» could help end the hyper - partisan gridlock that has paralyzed the Beltway for most of the past decade.

The Working Families Party is celebrating the end of a protracted legal battle over its efforts in the 2009 NYC elections that lead to the demise of its for - profit arm, Data & Field Services, but ultimately resulted in no charges against the labor - backed party.

NYSUT insisted politics played no role in its decision to honor Kennedy, but it's hard to ignore the fact that the teachers have been at war with her ex-husband, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and were one of the few groups to actually advertise against him during the budget battle (not that it did them much good in the end).

ALBANY — The battle over New York's budget went into high gear Wednesday as a protest against cuts and the end of a «millionaires» tax» blockaded an entrance to the Capitol for almost an hour.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo describes his girlfriend's battle against breast cancer as a «torturous long road with tears and pain,» one that ended with a double mastectomy.

The decision represents the end of a years - long battle over the future of Playground 89 on West 89th Street that pitted fellow parents and residents against each other over the renovation, which many argued was needed to prevent injuries to kids.

If Ratigan wins the Democratic primary, he'll face an uphill battle against Stefanik, who ended 2018 with $ 1.12 million in the bank.

In 2006, Shelia Gannon was close to the end of a losing battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a form of cancer that causes abnormal blood formation and a shortage of red and normal white blood cells and platelets.

In the report, «A Call for an End to the Diet Debates,» researchers support that lifestyle changes trump your typical «diet» which can be any of the diets we dietitians battle against with clients in fighting the widespread obesity epidemic.

So we have to compare them side by side, and make arguments for and against them until the never ending battle is done.

Bellew recently secured a world title at cruiserweight in an entertaining battle with Ilunga Makabu which ended in a third round ko, following that was a flawless performance in his first successful defence against BJ Flores.

Rivals offer what you would expect from a auto game; high end cars chasing each other against the traffic while battling the police.

The 1988 horror yarn Waxwork ends with a band of hunters — including Valley Girl's Deborah Foreman and Gremlins star Zach Galligan — facing off against a slew of vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies, even an Audrey II - like man - eating plant in a wax museum - set battle royale over the fate of mankind.

Where Shaun Of The Dead followed a group of regular beer - swilling blokes battling a zombie onslaught and Hot Fuzz featured yet more trouble - in - the - neighbourhood shenanigans, so The World's End pits a group of regular beer - swilling blokes against a similarly cataclysmic threat.

Earlier titles pinned you and your friends against each other in a battle royal fight to the bitter end which made for exhilarating multiplayer gameplay.

The sweeping portrait of the battle of Verdun, an eleven - month siege where the French held the line against an offensive of overwhelming German forces at the cost of 300,000 solders on both sides, was produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the end of the war to end all wars and dedicated it to «all the martyrs of the ugliest passion that is war.»