Sentences with phrase «from being hit with»

I had to have it replaced to due a crack from being hit with by a rock and learned from the glass company that I had a heated windshield.

With a name like Squishy Circuits, it was clearly invented with kids in mind — but that didn't stop this novel method of DIY circuitry from being a hit with adults at Maker Faire too.

Lancman, a lawyer who served Assembly District 25 for six years, has also passed a significant volume of legislation, including theLibel Terrorism Protection Act, which aims to protect journalists writing about terrorism abroad from being hit with defamation lawsuits, and a host of bills related to equality andsafety in the workplace.

Aside from being hit with more red tape and a cost burden, they say it would pit its own buyers against each other as they compete for shelf space to avoid accusations of collusion, with branded products the big loser.

Injuries from her time at Smyllum included a facial scar and broken tooth from being «slammed into a wall», broken fingers from being hit with a hair brush and a broken tail bone from having a seat pulled out from underneath her when she was sitting down.

Not exact matches

The European Union is already weighing whether to hit a wide range of U.S. exports, from motorcycles to orange juice, with new duties.

Operating on a simple drag and drop basis, its intuitive user interface means it should be a hit with everyone from pre-schoolers right up to senior citizens, but it should also be a great help for the small business owner or manager.

Within the first five months, we'd hit six figures and I was able to «retire» Pat from his corporate job as a TV director (which basically means he works with me full time).

When charged with actually writing it — Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me hits bookshelves this month — Santella discovered there's much more to procrastination and procrastinators.

The dodo, «a once powerful bird,» was hit with a change in its environment and «was unable to respond,» warns the plaque, which has been handed down from one Shell scenarios head to another for the past four decades.

«This entire metaphor of even Hit Refresh is we as individuals are dealing with change all the time, and we're hitting refresh — we learn from it,» Nadella said.

With smartphones hitting their maturation point, it's getting harder for manufacturers to distinguish their products from one another.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

The company's first - quarter results were hit by higher costs due to disruptions with its suppliers even as it races to meet record demand from top customer Boeing Co..

With the air of festivities hitting the shelves there are incredible tools and hacks for both retailers and customers to benefit from.

«When you look at it from a consumer's point of view, look at what they are being hit with from so many different mediums,» Cheplowitz says.

Malaysia's shares and currency have been hit with a toxic brew of declines in the prices of its commodity exports, especially palm oil and crude oil, as well as what may be the country's worst - ever political scandal, which has spurred protests calling for the removal of the prime minister from power.

More from the South China Morning Post: Kim Jong - un wife's fashion sense a hit with China's public China's secrecy over Kim Jong - un's visit was part of a long - standing tradition US and China in talks to shield soybeans and other farm products from trade war tariffs

That would cushion the lending banks from shattering hits, and could be combined with a modification of austerity based on longer working lives, a step most countries, including the United States, are going to have to take.

For example, former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes — who was ousted from the network after being hit with multiple sexual - harassment allegations — is now said to be advising Trump on his media strategy.

While Twelpforce has been a hit with customers, it also gave employees a channel and an incentive to collaborate internally and operate outside of silos (in order to handle customer requests it was often necessary to gather information from other employees.)

It's a good idea to start with them before hitting larger chain stores because it's easier to get in touch with the direct decision - maker, and they're more inclined to take on new, unique or hard - to - find items to differentiate themselves from larger stores.

The fact is that over the years many songs from many genres have told stories that resonate with millions of listeners; that's how «hits» become timeless classics.

Just as it isn't smart to hit consumers with every new data technology available, it also isn't smart to hide capabilities or refrain from dreaming them up in the first place.

But essentially, Mattel is looking to replace the revenue derived from a home - run hit — Disney Princess — and replace it with a mix of smaller, lesser known and not as popular brands.

James Hahn, who won his first PGA TOUR event last year, was looking for an edge when he jumped to PXG in January: «I didn't feel the need to switch (from TaylorMade) but a small part of me was thinking, «I can't compete with a guy who hits 30 yards longer than me and one or two clubs longer than me.»

Many small - businesses have indicated that they are going to spend more in 2014, from putting more money into online advertising to increasing product offerings, hiring additional employees or hitting the road to meet with clients and potential customers face to face.

He has also appeared as an expert on BBC One's hit daytime show «Cash in the Attic» and «Cash in the Celebrity Attic» and two series of presenting the ever popular BBC One's «Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is» before turning his attentions on TV back to his true field of expertise fakes, scams and forgeries with appearances on «Rogue Traders» and «Fake Britain» and Channel 5's «Live From Studio 5.»

The number of cases globally is expected to dramatically increase to 24 million a year by 2035, up from about 14 million currently, with the developing world being especially hard hit.

United said this week its chief executive met with the Chinese consulate in Chicago over the possible impact to bookings from a customer being dragged off a plane but it was too early to tell if business in China had been hit by the event.

According to some industry estimates, revenue from programmatic display and video ads will hit $ 20 billion this year, and Spotify is hoping to tap into some of that growth with a series of programmatic deals.

The risk of an escalation in which there were a broad - based tariff across a range of Chinese goods followed by a response from Beijing that was commensurate with that would cause a hit to U.S. and Chinese growth, a rise in U.S. inflation and possibly prompt China to take domestic action to boost growth.

Valeant was pummeled late last year when questions about its business and accounting practices spooked investors, with the stock ending 2015 down about 70 % from a high hit in August.

Before Rob was hit with a restraining order — which prohibits him from contacting Chyna — the reality star hadn't offered a direct apology to his former partner.

A targeted use of Section 301 that covered $ 60 billion of Chinese high - tech products could see a response from China that is relatively muted, the bank said in a report, with agriculture and transport equipment being hit in return,

While the pie review was for everyone, James hit a special note with Patti LaBelle fans when he broke into song singing verses from some of Patti's classic hits, topping the review off with LaBelle's famous wing flapping move at the end of the video.

If you're on a tight budget and need someone who can hit the ground running, it may be more cost - effective to get along with an unfilled position than to hire someone who not only won't be productive from Day One, but will also take up another employee's time to train, lowering overall productivity.

Since that day there has been so much backlash from him getting hit in the back of the head with a chair, to him getting called bipolar, sensitive, people say n — just to get a reaction out of him...

But in 2017, NBC got a major boost from the critical and fan hit «This Is Us,» with 11 nominations.

The food truck industry is a lucrative niche, with revenue growing at an annual rate of 7.9 percent from 2011 - 2016, according to research firm IBISWorld, hitting nearly $ 870 million.

Investors around the world have been fixated on the 10 - year note, with concerns looming that hitting the 3 percent barrier could trigger a reaction from financial markets both in the U.S. and internationally.

With its steady stream of visitors flowing from Mexico, McAllen wasn't hit as hard by the Great Recession.

People are hit with a double whammy because, not only do they find that their investments have disappeared, they now owe tax on the funds for removing them from the tax - free environment.

The company is still ripping through cash to produce the exclusive shows that differentiate the service — and it will still have to deal with growing competition from Amazon, Hulu, and now Apple — but enough of those shows are hits, cord - cutting should only grow, and Netflix itself expects its current rate of growth to continue.

«Even with more money in their pocket from tax refunds, the strain of major and unexpected medical costs are hitting families hard and making it difficult for them to recover,» Diana Farrell, president and chief executive officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, said in the press release.

The latest autonomous robots to hit the streets with food delivery orders are from Marble, a San Francisco startup that is partnering with Yelp to navigate crowded city streets and deliver your pad thai before it gets cold.

But Square, particularly with the Snapchat deal, is in some ways hitting that goal from the other direction — by gathering a coalition of smaller businesses and services that probably no one had ever thought to wrap payments into to spread its brand.

As analysts noted, those numbers don't show how many prescriptions were actually filled, but, in another positive sign, the med hit the market with coverage from two pharmacy benefits managers that together account for 25 % of the overall U.S. coverage universe, Credit Suisse analyst Vamil Divan says.

Adding to the hit on sales, Whole Foods has been contending with some negative bad publicity, including a warning in June from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about food safety at a Massachusetts plant that makes prepared foods and other products.

Those who turn 62 and are therefore first eligible for early retirement benefits from Social Security in 2018 will have a retirement age of 66 and four months, with the age rising two months every year until hitting 67 for those born in 1960 or later.