Sentences with phrase «fighters against»

Acting on behalf of the Local Government Association, have successfully defended claims brought by over 5,000 fire - fighters against 52 Fire and Rescue Authorities in England and Wales.

According to oral history, the rebellion was fuelled by the prophecies of the spiritual medium Kinjiketile, who galvanised the Maji Maji fighters against the colonial rulers with his belief in a sacred water, which would make anyone who consumed it invincible to the German bullets.

The King of Iron Fist Tournament — a legendary martial arts contest that pits the world's strongest fighters against each other in the quest for fortune and glory — has been home to many such battles.

Then in 1996, the Evolution Championship series (known as EVO) was founded, pitting 40 fighters against each other in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

They put two fighters against each other, side by side.

There are three traditional modes, skirmish, team deathmatch, and Ground Control, a 32 - player conquest mode similar to Kaos» own Frontlines: Fuel of War that pits resistance fighters against the might of the Great Korean Republic.

It would have been nice to see NetherRealm add in a tag team mode much like they did with the last Mortal Kombat game, but as it stands Injustice does well to cater for players who prefer to play their fighters against real opponents.

The show uses a bracket - style system to pit up - and - coming fighters against one another to become the winner.

At Saturday's Kodansha Comics panel, we announced Fire Force, the new manga about fighters against spontaneous combustion by Soul Eater creator Atsushi Okubo.

Hazel and her husband, Hymie, were both active fighters against apartheid in South Africa in the 1950s and»60s, so active that they were forced to leave the country on a one - way passport or face being arrested.

He was baptized James Ngugi, and later became a devout Christian while at missionary school; but around 1967 he rejected his baptismal name, and changed his name to Ngugi wa Thiong «o. His family was caught up in the Mau Mau rebellion (an insurgency by Kenyan freedom fighters against the British colonial administration (1952 - 1960) during which...

And in how many classrooms across the city are Black children learning that their ancestors were kings and queens, fighters against enslavement, strategists and spies, scientists and inventors, doctors, healers and entrepreneurs?

Sean Maguire is the well meaning but not - too - bright warrior leader of a band of resistance fighters against a power - mad chancellor (Little Britain star Matt Lucas) who, luckily for them, isn't much smarter.

Van Damme is Colonel Guile, the Allied Nations commando who leads an elite team of street fighters against the forces of the mad General M. Bison (Julia).

The popular, if illegal, bouts are masterminded by Horn (Brian Dennehy), a Faustian promoter who sets up his young, mostly nonwhite fighters against one another and then sits back and gloats, happily collecting the cash from bets.

Long chain omega - 3 fatty acids, like DHA and EPA, can be powerful fighters against inflammation and may enable your body to return to normal endothelial function.

Israel has granted some level of self - governance to these areas, but the Gaza Strip's elected government is run by Hamas, who consider themselves freedom fighters against Israel and are sworn to its destruction.

This is why policy makers and scholars need to avoid falling into the populist trap: portraying themselves as the good and smart fighters against bad and stupid populists.

Protestant, liberal, and Anglo - American historians repeated without challenge the heroic defense of freedom by Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican reformers, by Dutch freedom fighters against Spanish cruelty and tyranny, and by intellectual opponents of religious obscurantism in the eighteenth century.

The best U.S. - backed fighters against the extremists have been the Syrian Kurds, who say they're ready to do much more, with U.S. support.

if anything he is the freedom fighter against a megalomaniac that would enslave mankind, regularly committing genocide and slaughter.

Always attacking something, he posed as a fearless fighter against the devil, evil, liquor, cards, gambling, wicked women, Huns, Bolsheviks, and Roman Catholics.

«Cynthia Nixon, who claims to be the epitome of transparency and a fighter against income inequality, continues to duck questions and hide important personal financial information from the press and the public.

With US going on rampage around the world and leaving cesspools and terrorist - breeding grounds (just this week we had suicide bomber in Manchester, self - described in past as «fighter against Gaddafi» and later «against Assad») in place of orderly and even relatively prosperous countries you can't really blame NK for wanting to have a proper deterrent against same fate.

«She's a strong fighter for Israel and a strong fighter against terrorism.»

Trump's attack on Gillibrand sparked a fierce backlash, as critics said the president made an outlandish and sexually suggestive accusation against the Senate's foremost fighter against sexual harassment.

It doesn't matter if the ginger is raw, dried, pickled, or in supplements, it's a powerful fighter against inflammation.

Reputation is everything, and for the player to survive he must establish himself as the toughest fighter against the most menacing gang members out there, all of whom are battling for street supremacy.

His record in public service covers 45 years as a constitutional convention delegate, freedom fighter against dictatorship, ambassador, legislator and former Cabinet member under four Philippine presidents.

Year 11 lesson on summarising prejudice and on fighter against discrimination.

Donald Cohen, executive director of In the Public Interest and a longtime friend of Paul and Heather Booth, said «There was no greater fighter against privatization and for public services and the common good.

Cadillac's big debut for the Detroit show is the new ATS sedan — its fighter against the BMW 3 - series, the Mercedes - Benz C - class and the Audi A4s of the world.

MK vs DC has the usual Arcade Mode that pits your chosen fighter against a legion of foes on your way up a pillar to the ultimate evil end boss.

Unlike other similar games of other developers, here you do not have to wait when your hero ripens, but you can play for a hard fighter against crime, which has defended his native city for 8 years already.

This single player mode pits the chosen fighter against CPUs with varying statistics.

As a longtime fighter against the oil and coal interests that bankroll climate skeptics, I am delighted by Desmogblog's posting of the Heartland disinformation documents.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, the United States launched an air strike against Iranian - backed fighters who it said posed a threat to US and US - backed forces in southern Syria.

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

Judo matches pit fighters who lose the semi-final round against winners of the previous round (called a «repechage»).

Scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 26th, it has brought one of the best in boxing out of retirement, to face off against one of the best active fighters in the UFC.

Erin Brockovich, a famous environmental activist and fighter for clean water, explains how she protects herself against contaminated water anywhere in the world.

Since early in the six - year - old Syria war, Hezbollah's energies have been focused on propping up President Bashar al - Assad in alliance with Iran and Russia, throwing thousands of its fighters into battle against Syrian rebels.

France's foreign minister said Turkey's concerns for its border security did not justify «the deep incursion of Turkish troops in the Afrin zone», which could also weaken international action against remaining Islamic State fighters in Syria.

India is also ramping up its nuclear and conventional deterrence against China by testing long - range missiles, raising a mountain strike corps for the border with China, enhancing submarine capabilities and basing its first squadron of French - made Rafale fighter jets near that border.

Syrian government forces regained control of a key road to the northern city of Aleppo after making advances against Islamic State fighters on Monday, a monitoring group and state television Continue Reading

Financial crime fighters at the U.S. Treasury are «aggressively» pursuing virtual currency platforms that lack strong internal safeguards against money laundering, a top official told a Senate panel on Wednesday.

We have overthrown and worked against freedom fighters when it suited our purposes.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers, most of whom are Christian, have waged war against fighters who are Muslim, but not on account of their religion.

A small group (the fighters never numbered over a thousand) denied the legitimacy of British rule over the Land of Israel and took up arms against the empire.

The recent death of professional Portuguese MMA fighter Joao Carvalho at the National Stadium in Dublin, and the disablement of Nick Blackwell in his boxing bout against Chris Eubank Jr are just two sad examples of the potentially devastating outcome of participating in these sports.