Sentences with phrase «for a spin just»

For $ 29, users can take the voice assistant - enabled speaker for a spin just like the Italian grandma did in the viral video.

Out of sheer curiosity, I took my wife's BMW 1 - Series for a spin just after driving the winter - shod Golf and the difference was remarkable.

For $ 29, users can take the voice assistant - enabled speaker for a spin just like the Italian grandma did in the viral video.

Not exact matches

They built a novelty that was good for a chuckle and had just enough utility to convince a few people to part ways with a small amount of cash and give it a spin.

Around this time last year, when Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, attempted to introduce «Qwikster,» a Netflix spin - off that would, essentially, just cost more money for customers, he addressed complaints, abandoned the effort, and he, too, issued an apology.

Fortunately for me, the grey 2005 NSX is part of Acura's corporate fleet and the company brought it along just in case anyone wanted to take it for a spin.

As if Nooyi wasn't facing enough pressure, she soon had to contend with a major activist investor: Nelson Peltz, who took a stake in the company and began agitating for PepsiCo to undo its merger of Pepsi and Frito - Lay, just as Kraft (KRFT) had spun off Mondelez after a similar campaign by Peltz.

, however, has oceans of cash available — not just because it has over $ 20 billion in cash on its books, but because its AWS hosted - computing platform for corporate customers spins off huge amounts of money every quarter.

And just as we frequently mistake correlation for causation, we're susceptible to what's called the «gambler's fallacy,» the belief that anomalies from expected outcomes in a random process are likely to be evened out by their opposites in the future — or, more simply, the idea that a roulette ball that's landed eight straight times on black is therefore more likely on the ninth spin to land on red.

However, Astro Teller, X's leader, insists that cybersecurity has been on the backburner for several years at X. Creating research projects to tackle the planet's biggest problems that can be spun into independent companies has always been the goal, not just creating out - of - this world technology for the sake of grabbing headlines.

There could have easily been spin - off movies from «The Incredibles,» but it's refreshing that director Brad Bird waited 14 years for even a sequel because he wanted the story to be just right.

It usually requires an explanation on the order of infinite retention («yes, our sales and marketing costs are really high and our annual profit margins per user are thin, but we're going to keep the customer forever»), a massive reduction in costs («we're going to replace all our human labor with robots»), a claim that eventually the company can stop buying users («we acquire users for more than they're worth for now just to get the flywheel spinning»), or something even less plausible.

And it's not just America's oil companies that are at risk here and asking for some common sense to be injected into this process, contrary to the narrative being spun up by House and Senate Democrats.

Assuming that Giustra, Warman and Matysek don't build a company to flip it very quickly for a modest gain, especially when Giustra named it after his mother, my guess is just the PEP property will be sold in an outright buyout, and the remaining assets etc will be spun out, or more likely only the PEP property will be sold for cash, reinforcing a possible war chest of Fiore, enabling them to buy top notch projects.

Just two days ago, TechNode reported that Chinese live streaming company YY is planning to spin off its gaming streaming unit Huya for an independent IPO.

It's been a while since we've discussed the truly head - spinning sequel folk - rocker Nick Cave wrote for Gladiator, but he just brought it up on Marc Maron's podcast, and that's the...

«I thought the world just spins and the clock just ticks and things happen for no particular reason,» he said.

This individual knows the truth just as well as i do, he just does not want to be held accountable for his actions so he is trying to spin this in his favor.

You just don't realize that you don't have the energy to keep on spinning forever in this dance because it is impossible for you to defend it any longer.

My taste testers, both of whom had just arrived back from separate spinning classes (freaks) ate these with gusto, unbelieving that in spite of the creamy, indulgent taste, these were a virtuous and appropriate choice for a post-workout snack.

It's made with roasted red peppers, which I also just recently started making for the first time myself and the sauce is a mix of the peppers, almonds, vinegar, paprika, oil, garlic, and with my own spin on it, tahini.

These Blood Orange Gin and Tonics are a delicious spin on a classic cocktail — just add some seasonal citrus and fresh thyme for explosive flavour!

My head is always spinning with new recipe ideas, as well as trying to figure out what to make for dinner that I honestly enjoyed just making recipes from cookbooks, friends and my blog without thinking too much of it.

I'm always tempted to put crazy spins on things, but sometimes the classics are just that because they're great, and I think that may be the case with Caesar salads... you know, except for the whole dairy and anchovy part.

So when I saw a recipe for chocolate - covered caramel nougat in the Chocolates and Confections cookbook, I just knew I had to put a twist on the Snickers bar as I love toying with the idea of putting a spin on old favourites.

These Raw Superfood Truffles are a spin - off of different variations I've made for a number of years, and I just can't get enough of them when my sweet tooth hits — which is a regular thing despite the fact I don't eat straight up sugar anymore.

I've always loved my Gram's Minestrone soup — chock full of veggies, ground beef and pasta and thought I would make a spin on it by making it a combination of her Minestrone and Italian Wedding Soup just for fun.

Funny story: I was walking down the promenade the other day after spinning and yoga (which means I was really sweaty), just minding my own business drinking a green juice... and I got flagged down by someone asking me to donate money for dying children.

After you've pressed your tofu, the EZ Tofu Press just requires a quick rinse or a spin in the dishwasher to get cleaned up for the next time.

I'm obsessed with condiments, in fact just today I built a rack for all my hot sauces, so always keen to try different spins.

Having sampled this dish, for which the chicken is actually cooked sous - vide style rather than fried — locking in that coveted flavor and moisture — as just one interesting aspect, I can attest that it is a unique and impressive savory spin unlike any other.

The incorporation of this defeat into the evidence for the prosecution is just another sad tumble around the carousel of hysterical drivel that must be kept spinning, spinning, spinning away, lest anybody get a chance to look beyond the savage and dispiriting sideshow of jerked knees, pointed fingers, and baseless, spittle - flecked invective, to the dark and rotting brand below.

@jt Yes «strengthen the spine» My kingdom for a beast of a DM a 25 goal a season striker Hit the decks a running and spin those guns around Give 110 %, work your socks off, snuff out attacks, be clinical in front of goal kill the game off, go to the next level, instigate attacks, create opportunities, turn water into wine, straw into gold, all with a generous dollop of mental strength But «jt» we are just casting pearls... pushing water uphill with a rake «The spine the spine where 4 art thou»

The Mirror claims... The Mirror is just doing what they always do, spin BS to get readers and do not care for the results their fake news has on people.

It all kicked off on lap one, just a few corners after Palmer and Grosjean's shunt, Lance Stroll went for a spin and he fell to 15th.

And i cant wait for him to back in against defenders, then after doing that a few times just spin off the shoulder and run in behind and slot home a pass from ozil or sanchez.

YingYang69: I am not overly interested in Wenger getting any credit for Coquelin, it is all part of his job — I would just wish the ones who want to construct a negative spin on it would stfu.

The Liverpool spin machine has just about everyone believing that Raheem is to blame for the current sht storm surrounding him, when in actuality the anfield board fckd the whole thing up and won't man up... I'd have him over anyone of the above players, anyday...

Players can wax lyrical about his style of management all day but for me that is just rhetoric, spin for the fans and the media when they are probably feeling angry and frustrated but can not voice their true feelings.

there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind

Wenger — I will just sell Sanchez and spin out the usual spiel of searching for top top quality.

His tee shot on No. 9 flew past the pin, but spun back and just missed rolling in for an ace.

with this situation, which is undoubtedly Wenger created, the waters are so muddy now I'm not sure things can return to normal... no matter what is said through official club channels, this is clearly their fault... when they rolled the dice with the whole Sanchez negative media spin to protect Wenger, when he didn't start Sanchez against Liverpool last season, (how ironic) they sunk to a new low... it's become too easy to deceive, just think of all the manufactured lies that have come from the mouths of Wenger and Gazidis since we've arrived at the Emirates... the only reason we allowed them to happen for so long is that we hoped it would eventually lead to something of some consequence and all would be forgiven... well I don't forgive them and I certainly won't forget anytime soon... the worst part is the lies are oftentimes so juvenile that you can only conclude that the club must think that we're a bunch of intellectually challenged 10 year olds....

Just 20 laps after his spin he took the lead from Andretti, this time for good, and romped home to score a dramatic and famous victory in a race that has since become known as the «spin and win».

He was one of just a few drivers to stay out on slicks in the rain - which for Rubens Barrichello was a race - winning strategy - but he lost any hope of points for the team when he spun off and out of the race.

It took just seven minutes for the deadlock to be broken when 37 - year - old Toni spun around three Napoli defenders to net past a hapless Mariano Andujar for a scrappy opening goal.

So it's just one more spin of the wheel for Patrick Kennedy, who announced this week he will step down in a year's time as chief executive of the bookmaker Paddy Power.

So it's just one more spin of the wheel for Patrick Kennedy, who announced this week he will step down in a year's time as chief executive of the book -LRB-...)

Avoiding the carnage, Lewis took control of the race in very difficult conditions and negotiated his way through various re-starts and unnecessary Safety Cars (as opposed to VSCs — when Ericsson nudged the wall and spun there was no huge amount of debris on the track, just a Sauber facing the wrong way, how could they justify a Safety Car for that?)

Away from home, though, Blackburn do look mightily exposed and despite scoring three goals in the last away assignment, when going down 4 - 3 away to Wigan right at the very beginning of a month which has seen Blackburn register just one point from a possible nine, the fact they've lost three on the spin on the road, as well as six of their previous seven and an alarming nine for the season, will make Steve Kean's men a no - go proposition with most punters, those who have any sense at least.