Sentences with phrase «in a holding pattern over»

Gas prices remained in a holding pattern over the past week but could drop 5 to 15 cents a gallon over the next six weeks as winter keeps demand low throughout most of the country, travel club AAA said.

We were unable to land because of severe turbulence, so we circled in a holding pattern over New York City.

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Profits at the beverage giant have essentially been in a holding pattern since 2011, and KO stock, not surprisingly, has struggled to keep pace with its Dow peers over this stretch.

Holding in your mind contradictions and circular reasoning patterns, clinging to dogmas no matter how much your mind begs otherwise, and repeating fairy tales to yourself over and over until your discomfort with reality finally goes away, is a sure recipe for mental illness and lifelong unhappiness.

«A Christian congregation is a group of persons that gathers together to enact publicly a much more broadly practiced worship of God in Jesus» name, regularly enough over an indefinite period of time to have a common life in which develop intrinsic patterns of conduct, outlook, and story, and that holds its conduct, outlook, and story accountable as to its faithfulness to biblical stories of Jesus» mission and God's mission in Jesus.»

«Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.»

Or, more accurately, an airline pilot caught in a lengthy and frustrating holding pattern in the congested skies over south - east England.

Looking further back in the coral record, the researchers found that this pattern held up over thousands of years.

These patterns held even after Gray and colleagues took the overall word count and number of blog posts into account, suggesting that the increase in positive emotion words was not simply due to the effects of writing over time.

When people try to hold that information in mind, they unwittingly move their eyes in the same pattern over and over again, even when looking at a blank screen.

Through awareness, we can shift ingrained movement and holding patterns within our bodies (such as hunching over cell phones and computers), as well as learn to respond to external stressors in a more mindful way.

Most of the movie takes place in the dugout over 6 days, and though the soldiers spend much time in a holding pattern, the battle sequences involve an ill - planned surprise attack on a nearby German hold, and of course, the famous battle that kicks off the Spring Offensive — a 3 month run that cost the lives of more than 700,000 from both sides.

By contrast, growth of gluten - free items has dropped off dramatically, from 89 percent to 38 percent in the same timeframe; and freeze - dried has essentially been in a holding pattern, wandering from growth levels of 49 percent to 55 percent to 44 percent over the past four quarters.

The weather pattern that's bringing all of that frigid air to Europe — and holding it in place — is largely due to a naturally occurring climatic pattern called the Arctic Oscillation (AO), which describes how air pressure is distributed over the Arctic regions and the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere.

The horizontal lower line for the triangle pattern at $ 180.94 is holding strong, and volume and daily range have been very weak over the past 5 - days, as shown in the 15 - minute chart above.

The true value of the Declaration will lie in using it to hold governments to the standards it affirms and building a consistent pattern of usage over time.