Sentences with phrase «last stand against»

Rep. Mel Watt likely knew that House passage Thursday of a bill designed to curb patent trolling was inevitable, but that didn't stop him from taking one last stand against it during morning debate.

With XCOM 2, you are humanity's last stand, again, after the first last stand against alien invasion forces failed.

Along with that top quality pick, we've thrown another pick onto our list that gives you the chance to make a last stand against the zombie apocalypse.

The main objective in Mass Effect 3 is the collection of War Assets for the inevitable last stand against the Reapers, as you go out to complete missions and side - missions, you will unlock new forces based on the choices that you make.

You are a new recruit in the academy of Fenrir, humanity's last stand against the Aragami, demon - like creatures who have invaded big - time and seek to take over our precious home planet.

While roaming the world you'll also encounter some new and humorous random events from a man at a camp talking to his tied up zombie wife to a few men having a last stand against a horde.

Resogun Defenders takes place during our last stand against the overwhelming Sentient forces.

Enemies charge you with a renewed vigour and with extra numbers, turning the final wave of every game into a desperate last stand against the enemy that never failed to have me grinning from ear to ear.

The first follows Eric (Fiore Leo, «Joy»), a hitman reflecting on his past in a bar and taking a last stand against the consequences of his past.

Ralph takes Fred's (Strathairn) case as a last stand against the corporate thugs he has fought against for decades.

Who: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ruby Rose and William Levy What: Alice must return to the place where her apocalyptic nightmare began in order to make one last stand against the evil Umbrella Corporation.

Kate Ashfield is delightful as Pegg's long - suffering ex-girlfriend who gets dragged off to the pub one more time — to make a last stand against the hungry hordes.

After the world's great cities fall, a Marine staff sergeant and his platoon make a last stand against alien invaders.

Your typical last stand against the bad guys.

Deathly Hallows: Part 2 starts with a brief excursion in the caverns beneath London, but soon directs its focus to Hogwarts, where professors and students prepare for the last stand against Voldemort and his army.

Sometimes dating can feel like you're making a last stand against loneliness.

The latest disruption was in response to news that over 100 children have died over the weekend in northern Sri Lanka, where the separatist rebel Tamil Tigers are fighting a last stand against government forces.

It is where the tiny crinkled yellow - brown aborigines known as Bushmen have made their last stand against encroaching civilization, speaking in the clucking tongue of turkeys, eating lizards, hunting with bows and arrows and enduring the probing of fascinated anthropologists.

God did not save the fair white skinned people as the made their last stand against the dark skinned Lamanites.

What it's about: The final entry in the original «Star Wars» trilogy, «Return of the Jedi» follows the rebels taking their last stand against the Empire while Luke tries to persuade Darth Vader into becoming a good guy.

Consumers are still open to set - top boxes, says Roku, and it aims to be the last standing against Apple

Not exact matches

To stand out against competitors and develop lasting r...

Lance's guest list is surprisingly eclectic: musicians like Seal, Ben Harper, Tim Commerford and Ryan Bingham; boxing promoter Bob Arum; tennis legend Chris Evert; Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff... and just this week, former Green Beret Nate Boyer, who last week stood beside Colin Kaepernick as Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem prior to a preseason game against the Chargers.

Tim Cook, who leads one of the world's largest tech companies, took a hard stand against social media last week.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Mr. Thiel, who was last in the news for his financial support of Hulk Hogan's legal fight against Gawker Media, has a slate of political views that stand out of line with most in tech, and perhaps most Americans.

It stands to reason that Trump would seek an aggressive attorney, since all of his other moves in the last week indicate a decision to fight a war against Mueller, rather than seek a negotiated path.

Last week, the media stood by homophobic liar Joy Reid, dismissed allegations of misconduct against Tom Brokaw, gave Jake Tapper an award for fake news, used Michelle Wolf as a hate - avatar, destroyed an admiral with lies, and were caught colluding with the Deep State to overturn Trump's election.

The US Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies last stood at 92.39, down 0.22 %.

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if in the last two months we were constantly engaging with the Muslims of our community, clearly expressing our differences theologically, but also standing with them against injustice?

A defensive posture against those who would steal or harm my family for instance is not going to lead me to become a Rambo type warrior on a rampage so last man standing does not represent the logical conclusion by my way of thinking.

... a broken marriage is a broken marriage; something that stands out as an unnatural smashing of what was built to last, a blasphemy against the unity of Christ and his church, an amputation inflicted upon a living body....

Last year, my wife, Bobbie, led a movement on social media called #middaybabymidday — mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people to set their alarms for midday and pray for the nations, to warfare against darkness and take a stand against the enemy that his plans shall not prosper.

Last week brought an unusual amount of criticism and praise my way because I took a controversial stand against something I felt was wrong.

Last but not least, Christian theology must provide a firmer foundation for care and justice, for standing against sexual and family violence, for healing the violated and for changing society's values and structures.

This is it, I thought as I stood up, back straight, because this is my favourite sight: the inky blackness of pine trees, black lace relief burned out against the western sky as the last guardian of this date on the calendar cedes.

To call policemen «pigs» or to stereotype them in other ways is only to express our own lack of civility and common decency which they, quite rightly, keep telling us is a symbol of the social disorder against which they stand as the last defense — a rather ambiguous position to be in, in any society.

Just this is what we found to be the final significance of the eschatological message, that man now stands under the necessity of decision, that his «Now» is always for him the last hour, in which his decision against the world and for God is demanded, in which every claim of his own is to be silenced.

As the people of Ukraine rose up against the kleptocratic and despotic government of Viktor Yanukovych last year, in the Maidan movement of national moral and civic renewal, the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches faced a dramatic choice: stand in pastoral solidarity with the people, or stand with the state that was brutally repressing Ukrainian citizen - reformers?

In her media release last week she said «South Australians have a long history of standing up against the cruel live animal trade and I'm proud to stand with them again as we continue to fight for an end to this cruel practice».

They are winners of 2 of their last 3 and look to keep the momentum going against Team Kaplan in Week 14, a group that sits just a Game back of the in the Standings.

Just a repeat from last week — the teams that finish 4 and 5 in the Standings are going to have a wicked Opening Round Playoff Game against each other..

Last part really stands out for me «I am a long - time supporter of the Colorado Rapids and will be no matter what, but I really hope that this was worth it and we see a strong showing on March 10th against New England.»

He's only played in a few big games, and he's never stood out as anything special, nor has he against more mediocre PL teams; the only matches that stand out to me for Arsenal are the WBA game at the end of last season and a game against Sunderland and in both cases, the opposition really didn't look up for it.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

Last season he broke the long standing Serie A scoring record by hitting 36 goals and he has continued in a similar vein for Argentine at this summer's Copa America, with two goals in the quarters against Venezuela followed by another two against the hosts USA to see them into the final.

But as long as we can stand up to that at the start, the game could be perfect for Ozil to come on and use his skills against a tiring team in the last 20 minutes or so.

It was a performance that stood out above the rest on the last weekend of the regular season, and it was certainly enough to earn him his first Hoss of the Week award, even if it did all come against the lowly Rams.

I was just pointing out that if the Sanchez handball and the Gibbs foul had been by our opponents against us we would have said the goal shouldn't have stood and a red card given for the foul on the last man.

The 5 - 2 Horned Frogs looked like gangbusters last week in a 69 - 0 victory, however it's worth noting that it came against a 0 - 7 New Mexico team at the bottom of the Mountain West standings.