Sentences with phrase «have won like»

Consistently we have lost or drawn games we should have won like swansea at home, manu b team away, liverpool away when winning with a few minutes to go.

The Jets had won like they were supposed to, but the eight I'd parlayed with them had all lost.

«By the time they got to the general election, they were doing things in states that he won that no one thought he would win like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin,» Heilemann noted of Donald Trump's victory path to the White House last year, «the focus on those states was not a mistake, was not an accident.»

Not exact matches

«Ben Nelson is under the illusion he can get reelected in 2012,» McConnell told Henrikson, adding that Nelson would have to act like a Republican in order to win — and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.)

Or, like America's Cup - winning skipper Jimmy Spithill says, «Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.»

But if that sounds like the kind of thing that stimulates your creative juices, and you have the engineering chops to back it up, you could win a few million bucks and a lot of attention.

Basement plumbing isn't exactly the sexiest product market, but it's hot enough for Alert Labs to have won a $ 100,000 award at a recent Dragon's Den - like startup competition in Toronto.

It dawned on me as they spoke: These men love winning, they've won at the highest levels, and they want me to win like they did.

The company has been trying to capitalize on the bankruptcies of defunct rivals like City Sports and The Sports Authority to win their customers.

Ultimately, deep cuts to Medicaid — still preserved in the new bill — could be its undoing among moderates like Nevada's Dean Heller (who now says he's undecided but has previously trashed the GOP's proposals), Ohio's Rob Portman (who expressed some skepticism about the legislation Thursday), and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski (who was able to wrangle a very Alaska - centric measure into the BCRA, though it's not clear if that will be enough to win her vote).

And while a more straightforward repeal bill may be able to win back some of the conservative defectors, moderates like Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito (in addition to Collins) have already expressed concerns that a repeal - only strategy without a replacement would wreak even more havoc on Obamacare's individual insurance marketplaces by creating long - lasting uncertainty.

Butterfield is among the few elite CEOs who has spoken about the topic at length, and he has given the limelight to his underrepresented employees during key moments, like the night Slack won the Crunchies award for Fastest Rising Startup.

Amazon description: «Based on Philip K. Dick's award - winning novel, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), and Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), «The Man in the High Castle» explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.»

In fact, every team in the league has a Facebook, Twitter and Instagram account to provide fans with up - to - date news and engage them by highlighting specific fans, giving them a chance to win prizes like team memorabilia.

«Jokowi winning the presidency having only recently been the mayor of Solo is like Dennis Kucinich winning the presidency from Cleveland.

In many ways, it is like comparing a retired champion to an up - and - comer who, despite showing lots of promise and getting all the headlines, has yet to win a single bout.

In that sense, the terminal business is a little like AOL's dial - up unit, which continued to spin off hundreds of millions of dollars long after it became obvious that the open web had won and AOL was doomed.

Incumbents like First Data Corp., Vantiv Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s merchant services unit have long focused on winning business from large brick - and - mortar retailers, neglecting to spend a lot of time on the growing e-commerce sector.

Like I said, it's nice to win — but I feel even more successful that I can have my family around me.

«We would have liked to win, that's clear, but 45 percent for «yes» is a good result,» Regula Rytz, the Greens» chairwoman, told SRF.

Upon finding out that the results would be far closer than anyone anticipated, Mitchell said that he still believed Clinton would pull out a close win once all of the votes in places like Detroit and Grand Rapids were tabulated.

But Sanders» win demonstrated that Clinton still has a tough fight to the nomination, as delegate - heavy states like Ohio and Wisconsin — which resemble Michigan demographically — provide openings for Sanders to potentially eat at Clinton's delegate lead.

It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not in total agreement with movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds - on bet to win the Best Picture race over the likes of The Shape of Water (7/5), Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).

But polls in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — states Republicans hadn't won at the presidential level since the 1980s — belied the state of the race.

The submission comes as Verizon and other top Internet service providers like AT&T (t), Comcast (cmcsa), and Charter Communications (chtr) have won several victories over regulations adopted by the FCC under the Obama administration.

BCRA - A would satisfy hard - line conservatives by all - but - eliminating a health coverage entitlement; BCRA - B would be a kindler, gentler version that would keep some widely liked Obamacare provisions (such as ensuring affordable coverage for those with pre-existing conditions), trim Medicaid more gradually, and win the support of teetering moderates.

Giving Republicans more Benghazi information, like that demanded by Graham, «would probably win at least some Republican votes for Mr. Brennan,» say Shane and Mazzetti.

It's remodeling stores and building smaller, easily navigable shops in densely populated neighborhoods, and it has scored wins with in - house brands like kids» clothing line Cat & Jack.

Although many cloud providers, like Google and Microsoft (msft), would clearly love for companies to only use their own cloud services, they have been marketing their respective cloud services as being compatible with other competing services so they can win customers who fear being locked into a specific vendor's technology.

«Guys like Conor Lamb in districts that the president won by 20 points are gonna need room to say some things that in a place like Fairfield County, Connecticut would be problematic with the so - called base — not so - called base but the base.»

U.C. - Irvine's 2016 class includes Christopher Yarbrough, a design engineering manager, who has won awards from organizations like NASA for helping to develop optical systems that have been used on Mars and Jupiter.

Though there are rarely any shortcuts to better social media marketing, quick wins like these can help push things forward and build on the strategies you already have in place.

The winning candidate, AG (as he likes to be called) has been just one of the potential kings - in - waiting as there are several branches of the family — each with an heir interested in the top job.

The proposed repeal of the current Obama - era protections would be a big win for ISPs including Comcast and Verizon, but has been strongly opposed by tech firms like Google and Facebook — though those giants are less likely to be hurt than smaller content providers.

They've collaborated on successful launches for the likes of Tony Robbins, Snoop Dogg and Cash Money Records and have won more than a few awards along the way.

Lately the Oscar - winning director has focused on more serious fare like «The Post,» «Bridge of Spies,» «Lincoln,» and «War Horse.»

By using her speech to shift attention to a competitor, Adele attempted to show how the process had humbled her — by forcing her to consider why she shouldn't have won, and to think about the impact those like Beyonce have had on others (instead of trying to magnify her own impact).

His most amusing gambits include making sure you visibly flinch at the other side's proposals, and that at the close of a negotiation that you feel you've won, you should say something like, «Wow, you did a fantastic job negotiating that.

So, if Ning and Slide raised $ 50M at a $ 500M valuation and were to sell for $ 300M they would still make a lot of money despite the fact that it might not look like a win.

And there were digital - first upstarts like Birchbox that drew the younger customers Avon has failed to win.

But while Apple has been a trophy - winning thoroughbred for the past five years, as recently as 2010 Samsung looked more like a sick donkey.

(When you win as a coach, he has said, it's like winning 42 times at once.)

Overall, the debate was probably, like many of these have been, a draw, with both candidates winning the issues where they frequently shine.

Casual dining chains have struggled to win over customers as trendy and inexpensive fast - casual chains like Chipotle and Shake Shack have become more popular and malls have closed.

«We are looking at investment and research as leading indicators of who is going to win that disruptive race, much like investing in the early days of internet technology would have led you to companies like Amazon,» he said.

«A game like Sworcery would flat out not exist without OMDC grants,» he says, referencing the award - winning 2011 game.

But like anything worth having, getting your start - up accepted by the best accelerators is a matter of winning a competition.

You'd pick a number in your head, say 35, you'd count to the 35th person and give them a token, and they'd cheer like they'd won the lottery.

As far as we know, he never made any particular effort to smooth things over with Cruz, or make him feel like he'd won something.

This may seem like stretching out the process, but whether you do it proactively early or they surface late in the deal, you'll still have to win them over.