Sentences with phrase «last year stretched»

The blush tee I bought last year stretched a bit in the washer after several washes, so I needed a replacement to wear in the Summer.

Not exact matches

Repayment will begin a year after the last installment, and stretch over five years.

Chief executive from 1993 to 2002, and chairman from 2002 till early last year, Piëch, now 78, infused VW with an ambition and drive that made the most of its political heft, presiding over a culture that was, if not above the law, then not above stretching it, by many accounts.

That weeks - long stretch brings in between 30 to 40 percent of all annual retail sales, the NRF states, and this year holiday retail sales are expected to surge between 3 - 4 percent, up from $ 655.8 billion last year.

The Asian giants were locked in a 73 - day military stand - off in a remote, high - altitude stretch of that boundary last year.

Our list skews toward recent performance: while longevity and history counts, we favored athletes who have had successful years or stretches since our last edition in 2016.

The 31 - year - old forward was a finalist for Ballon D'Or in 2016, making her a top - three nominee for the prestigious award in 12 of the last 13 years, including a five - year stretch of winning it.

Last year, Lululemon, the high - end athletic clothing company, had to pull a yoga pant line after customers complained the pants turned sheer after being stretched.

Like last year, retailers including Amazon and market leader Tesco, are stretching promotions by up to two weeks, hoping to smooth out demand and reduce pressure on supply and distribution networks.

Last year, sites all over the web included the standard hero image: a high - definition (HD) picture featured prominently at the top of a website that stretched the entire width of a user's browser window with only a few words of text overlaying it.

The Asian giants were locked in a 73 - day military stand - off in a remote, high - altitude stretch of their Himalayan border last year.

His greatest stretch of golf began in 1960 and lasted four years, with Palmer winning six major championships and 29 titles on the PGA Tour.

Here's the upshot: After an initial multiyear recovery in stock and bond prices after a crisis (the rally we saw through last year) comes a long stretch of lousy returns.

LeEco stretched from video streaming to TV sets, smartphones, sports and even electric vehicles in a little over a decade, although this rapid expansion spurred a cash shortfall last year that left the company scrambling for new funds.

The economic recession at the time put a further damper on investors» confidence and the S&P 500 endured a nasty losing stretch lasting well over a year and half, shedding upwards of 35 % in that time frame.

Last year, however, a roughly $ 6 billion legal settlement with Brazil was reached, with costs stretched out over more than a decade.

Last year was a colourful stretch in the bull market — but it wasn't very rewarding for Canadian stocks

While Lululemon is doing well financially — the chain raked in $ 2.3 billion in revenue last year, a 14 % rise over the prior year, and posted a same - store sales increase of 6 % — it's still competing in a stretched - out space.

The nine - year stretch of rising stock prices won't last forever.

The gains over the last six years have been much more impressive in the U.S. and, as a result, valuations of many foreign equity markets remain more attractive than the stretched valuations in the U.S., in our opinion.

Doritos, in the final stretch of its last consumer - generated «Crash The Super Bowl» campaign, has gained the most positive consumer perception since New Year's Day.

While Halladay remains one of thegame's best, injuries to Dustin McGowan and Shaun Marcum have left the BlueJays with 24 - year - old Jesse Litsch as the only reliable arm behind Halladay.During a midseason demotion last year Litsch cut down on throwing his cutterand relied more on a four - seam fastball that made him a more overpoweringpitcher down the stretch.

But then came his dominatingstint with the Brewers down the stretch last year: Traded to Milwaukee inmidseason, Sabathia ignored the pleas of his agent and risked his loomingfinancial bonanza as a free agent by starting three games on three days» rest, throwing seven complete games, going 11 — 2 with a 1.65 ERA and carryingMilwaukee into the playoffs for the first time in 26 years.

We are marginally better than last year and we struggled down the stretch once the Falcons found their rhythm and we still got swept by the Saints.

Here's a few things to remind you why it's silly: The Rangers won 10 games in a row last year, there were two week stretches of last season where the Angels were better than the Astros, the Angels have yet to play a serious contender, as already stated the Reds were 1st in the NL Central to start the season, the Brewers were in first until a little bit after the all start break (if I remember correctly), literally thousands of other examples of teams starting hot and then finishing outside of the playoffs.

We all agreed last year that he didn't play well because we didn't have the players in front of him to stretch the field and create space — thus everything was condensed on him.

1) It's disappointing or 2) they had a bad 5 minute stretch and otherwise were really impressive once again and had last year's # 2 seed on the ropes (w / a debuting Zack Novak in attendance and without their own Justin Bowen)..

Team Cohen won 2 of their last 3 down the stretch (technically) and have what it takes to be one of those double digit seed darlings we see make a run every year..

Last year's Cavs were atrocious down the stretch.

Mickelson has been close repeatedly during that stretch, including in a record - setting second - place finish at that absurd duel in last year's Open.

Keep in mind, during the last split there was a two year stretch (2006 - 2008) that Smackdown was clearly the bastard child of WWE and almost unwatchable.

With three newcomers — Steve Smith, Bruce Bowen and rookie Tony Parker — in his starting lineup last year, coach Gregg Popovich says he wasn't surprised that the Spurs repeatedly wilted down the stretch against the Lakers.

The Wisconsin native and winner of the last three years at the event has shot very well down the stretch at TPC Deere Run, going 8 - under on the back nine through the first three days of the tournament.

But after a rough four - week stretch, Patrick has reason to be happy as she was the highest - finishing driver for Stewart - Haas Racing with Stewart coming home 17th and Ryan Newman — last year's winner of this race — being scored in 31st.

First look at the form; in the FA Cup in their last 13 matches stretching over three full years, Arsenal have won all thirteen of their games, although one was by penalties and two needed extra time.

Last year there were stretches where we couldn't run the ball to the left.

The deal is apparently a permanent one for around # 1.5 million and leaves Arsenal's already thinly stretched squad looking even more lightweight in defence, although Miquel had failed to step up and prove he was Arsenal quality in the last couple of years.

He says that implosion battling Sunday with Tiger Woods last year is behind him, but it will be fun to watch if the Spaniard gets back in it down the stretch.

The thing is, he can't do it alone all season and as a consequence our effectiveness as a defensive unit will diminish should arteta / flaming come in for any stretch of time (like last year).

But if you just count straight up consecutive road losses, whether or not there are home games in between, then last year we had a stretch where we lost 6 in a row on the road, plus two more stretches where we lost 5 in a row.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The event can be a circus, one that Tiger Woods took off his Masters week schedule for a long stretch before participating again last year.

Did he even have a stretch this good last year?

Though 13 horses went to the post, it was expected to be a three - way race among Slavic, an impressive Gulfstream allowance - race winner; Rhythm, last year's juvenile champion, whose 3 - year - old debut was a dismal seventh - place finish in the Feb. 10 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream; and a son of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew named Yonder, who made a strong stretch run in the Hutcheson to finish second.

But before the last few years, there was a long stretch during which the ACC was a very defensive league.

Furyk has been deadly consistent over the last two - to - three years, rebounding from a brutal stretch after the FedExCup title and that $ 10 million payday.

We were title contenders for long stretches of the season last year in our 4 -2-3-1, and it was clear that we needed to a powerful / athletic / ball - winning CDM and a big - game consistent 9 to push us over the top; but instead, Wenger changed the system to the 4 -1-4-1 to get both Jack and Aaron in the team, pushed Santi / Mesut out wide, and we struggled our asses off.

In the last 14 years only three players from Nebraska, the leading collegiate football power in that stretch, have made the Pro Bowl - Andra Franklin, Junior Miller and John Dutton.

They should alternate in the CM in a 4231 as A — that wasn't broken for us and had us top the league for the longest stretch last year, and B — they've proven that both of them together does nothing for us.

when Aminu went down last year the blazers defense was the worst in nba history over the stretch he was hurt.