Sentences with phrase «even wrest»

Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Sen. Bernie Sanders is opening a two - month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California and amassing enough leverage to advance his agenda at the convention in July — or even wrest the nomination from her.

It even wrests an explanation from the universal loam as to what Walker was put on this earth for: to be upstaged by eight dogs, someone named Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, and miles of white.

Not exact matches

It's not glamourous, rewarding or even very interesting, but that's a lot of what living abroad is — looking stupid, trying to look less stupid, terrible loneliness, fleeting successes, and insights that seemed difficult to wrest.

«We do not «have» Jesus even at the end of the story, and there is no guarantee that we can wrest a promise from him or lock him safely away by hermeneutical tricks.»

Is Aries finally going to wrest the Cruiserweight Championship from Neville here, or will Neville finally pull out all the stops — even the ones the fans he loathes like seeing — in order to finally put Aries away for good?

They're wresting comfort out of the hands of their fans, taking their security blanket and promising to come back with an even nicer quilt later.

Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool do not fear the challenge of trying to wrest the Premier League title from a Manchester City team he expects will be even stronger next season.

She insisted I was going to kill my baby, and she even tried to wrest him out of the wrap.

By 4:30 a.m. EST today, even with many individual contests unknown, it was apparent the GOP had wrested away control of the Senate from the Democrats and gained even more control in the House.

says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

George Albro of New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

Dohney went on to accuse Hoffman of breaking his word by agreeing to run on Row D even if he didn't get the Republican nod, thereby improving Democratic Rep. Bill Owens» chances of holding onto the seat he won last fall, wresting the district from GOP control for the first time since Reconstruction.

It was an evening that saw the GOP expand its control of the House of Representatives while also wresting control of the U.S. Senate.

Even after he and three colleagues succeeded in wresting senior positions, he defected to the Republican caucus with Senator Hiram Monserrate of Queens, a move that threw the leadership in the chamber in doubt and paralyzed state government for weeks.

There are actually sticks designed specifically for stick wresting, but you can even just use a strong broomstick cut down to about 30 - 36 inches long and taped up with some athletic tape to prevent splinters.

Are you trying too hard to wrest control of a mission, even in a motherly (Sun in Cancer) way that is cloaked in «caring» vibes?

Not even the best efforts of the always - excellent Guy Pearce can save what is in essence a pathetic cutting - room attempt to wrest the movie back from the abyss of a director suffering a nervous breakdown with eighteen days to go in the shooting schedule and a governing philosophy that believes Orlando Jones would make a good HAL - 9000.

Traditional brick and mortar lenders such as banks and credit unions have tightened their credit requirements since the housing bust and even good credit borrowers can have a tough time wresting an unsecured loan from them.

Each and every day seven billion of us hope to feed ourselves, slake our thirst, and wrest our energy needs from the Earth, even as we strive to protect the ecosystem services on which we depend and build resilience to Earth's hazards.

There is little hope that even a universally - admired Republican like Colin Powell could rise up to wrest control from the Plutocrats.

More than anything, the fishermen are wary of new rules and regulations that will make wresting a living from the sea even more difficult than it is already.

Now, adding fuel to the fire, while investors expected OPEC to stabilize markets, as usual, the cartel announced after its November meeting that it would not cut supply to support prices and the Saudi oil minister stated there would be no intervention in oil markets even if prices dropped to $ 20 a barrel — at which point animal spirits and hedge funds betting on continued oil price increases wrested control from supply / demand fundamentals.