Sentences with phrase «leading their opponents in»

Despite playing fewer minutes than the Chilean, Martial leads his opponent in four key areas.

Long - simmering racial tensions exploded into the foreground Saturday morning, when Assemblyman Keith Wright accused supporters of State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Wright's leading opponent in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, of plotting to «suppress» and block African - Americans from voting in Tuesday's Democratic congressional primary.

What's more, one of Diaz's leading opponents in the Council primary is the out gay Elvin Garcia, who previously served as Mayor Bill de Blasio's Bronx borough director with responsibilities with the LGBTQ community as well.

Not exact matches

In the case of Trump, you can lead your opponents and the media around by their noses while winning over the masses.

If Jokowi prevails in the neck - and - neck race against his opponent, former military general Prabowo Subianto, he'll be leading the fourth largest nation on Earth.

In the month leading up to Notre Dame's first trip to the national championship game in more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T - shirts bashing their opponent, AlabamIn the month leading up to Notre Dame's first trip to the national championship game in more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T - shirts bashing their opponent, Alabamin more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T - shirts bashing their opponent, Alabama.

North American stock markets had fallen sharply in late - morning trading following the departure of a top economic adviser in the White House who had been the leading internal opponent to the president's planned protectionist policies.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

This would lead to an arms race, in which political parties work to create partisans faster than their opponents.

Flynn was seen by some officials in Europe as one of the Trump administration's leading advocates of closer ties to Russia and a hardline opponent of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and western powers.

Most likely that would come from taxes on those who were also working, which would erase any benefit that they got and act as a disincentive for many to work (opponents to the UBI in Switzerland made that case, suggesting it would lead to a flat out shortage of workers).

Adding to the surprise over Turner's apparent lead in the Brooklyn and Queens - centered district is that his Democratic opponent, David Weprin, is an Orthodox Jew.

A coalition government headed by Prime Minister Necmettin Erbaken is, according to his opponents, leading Turkey in a «dangerously religious» direction.

As criticism mounted, he blamed «Jewish and Communist propaganda,» but the leading opponent of the Berlin games was Judge Jeremiah Mahoney, an Irish Catholic, who stood in solidarity with his Jewish brethren, and was anything but a Communist.

Initiatives to remedy this crisis have led to polarization and name calling in which opponents have misrepresented each other's positions as open borders and amnesty versus deportations of millions.

Though Bain Capital surely helped expand some companies that had created jobs, the layoffs and closures at other firms would lead Romney's political opponents to say that he had amassed a fortune in part by putting people out of work.

Mississippi would have become the first state to define a fertilized egg as a person, a measure which was aimed at outlawing abortion in the state but, opponents contended, would have led to all kinds of unintended consequences...

Right - wing extremists took over unbridled patriotism in the 1960s — a development that led, unfortunately, to the identification of the left, including the Century, as opponents of the United States.

His leading Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, has been far more generous, as his President Obama, though in the case of our President, there seems to be an historical connection between his rate of charitable giving and the scope of his political ambition.

That, in turn, would lead to the kind of demonization of opponents «required before people can be convinced to kill them.»

Came in when we were absorbing pressure, laid four tackles, one of which the opponent was about 6 yards from goal when we were protecting a narrow lead.

In every game that MD struggles it starts and ends on the offensive end of the floor - poor execution leads to poor shots, rebound for the opponent, and easy baskets for them at the other end.

While we aren't quite talking Fabio Cannavaro inspiration levels at the 2006 World Cup in Germany just yet, it will be fascinating to see how Bonucci continues to lead by example, and how he overcomes opponents out to limit his influence and exploit any weaknesses that he may or may not have.

Last year, kicking four FGs would have been a recipe for disaster — but in 2017 with a legitimate top - 10 defense, the Falcons can afford to chip away at opponents and slowly build a lead.

If we are trying to constantly out duel opponents on offense, then why is it that we don't lead the league in goals every year?

A stellar Marcus Mariota - led Oregon team earned the No. 2 seed following the 2014 season and ensured that a Pac - 12 representative would play in Pasadena, only instead of the customary Big Ten opponent the Ducks faced (and beat) unbeaten Florida State.

They are the creme of the crop and I need to apologize to the other teams in the League as I believe my lack of acknowledging this has led them to taking it out on their opponents.

Out - of - work Sabella, who led Argentina to the World Cup final last summer only to see his side lose 1 - 0 to opponents Germany in extra-time, is one of several high - profile options for the champions.

It was a good start for our team with the majority of players taking an early lead over our opponents, resulting in a 5 - 1 lead.

Memphis had little issue with stopping opponents during the regular season, leading the league in that regard with an opponent scoring average of 89.3 points per game.

The Seminoles suffered some slow starts early in the season, and when opponents like Pittsburgh, Nevada, and Boston College were (briefly) building early leads, they were finding some success on the ground.

We could have stopped this 2 seasons ago, now we must pay consequence, we want team that can win big things, we already have it, we just need someone who will lead them to that goal, you cant win trophys when your manager go in public and says our opponents are just too good, its not that chelsea is unbeateble, our manager has no desire anymore, and i do nt blame him for that, he is just doing his job, we fans are final judge, if you are ok with 4 place, than enjoy this mediocre simple!!!

The butt of many jokes over the years, the Raiders haven't fielded a competent team in some time, but with Carr leading a young core that also includes Amari Cooper and defensive stalwart Khalil Mack, they are a dangerous opponent every week.

Diego Costa though had as solid a performance in the first half as he's had against any top opponent all season, knocking in a goal off an assist from Willian to get an early equalizer after PSG had taken the lead.

But coaches love to foul the hell out of their opponents in the NCAA Tournament, which typically leads to the last two minutes of the game taking an hour.

With a seven - game lead and just six weeks to go, surprising Houston has opponents in the NL West holding their heads by Ron Fimrite

(For what it's worth: Ohio State and Notre Dame share two common opponents, Purdue and Michigan State: the Buckeyes won 17 - 16 at Michigan State and 29 - 22 in overtime at home against Purdue; Notre Dame beat Michigan State 20 - 3 on the road and needed a Tommy Rees - led field goal drive in the final two minutes to top Purdue 20 - 17.

If we decide to do the all - out total agressive football we displayed in the first half against Middlesbrough then we should be able to demoralize our French opponents very quickly and take an early lead.

Yet Arsenal deserve a Striker that will make us lead the race and strike terror in the hearts of opponents.

If Ozil is really a key player for Arsenal, just like what Sane is for City, he should be able to create assists in the beginning of the matches, not when Arsenal comfortably leads or when the opponent's pressures are subsiding.

In case you are looking to accuse him of tactical ineptitude, Wenger has never been a coach to micromanage his players on the pitch, even during the season they went unbeaten, he simply got intelligent self motivated players together who communicated with and led each other on the pitch, figuring out opponents and outwitting them without waiting for instructions from the bench, Henry, Pires, Vieira, Adams, Keown, Campbell come to mind here.

Against Monaco, in Ligue 1 action on Sunday evening, the Black Star inspired his soon - to - be-former teammates to victory against opponents who had never lost after taking the lead this season.

When Travis Hafner blasted a mammoth walk - off home run last Friday, turning a 4 — 3 deficit into a 5 — 4 win, it was just the latest in a string of dramatic victories for a team with enough offense to make any opponent's lead a shaky one.

You've got a problem, Seattle, when your opponent features a tight end many fans do not know (Tyler Eifert) and he leads the game in targets (12) receptions (eight) and touchdown catches (two).

Wonderboy is a real tough opponent and hopefully Till gives a good account of himself out there since he's been pretty entertaining in the lead up to this fight and I'd like to see him stick around as a contender.

The Bulls, then led by Ben Wallace, were the Heat's opponents on opening night as they got their rings for their first NBA title in 2006 but ruined the evening by destroying Miami, 108 - 66.

The 28 - year - old will no doubt be delighted to play in such a big game for his club, with United looking to open up a potential ten - point lead over their opponents if they win this weekend.

This is 3 defenders out of six and the only time we may have 5 in the field will be depend on the game... where we are defending a slim lead and need to shut out an opponent (mostly that happens about 30 closing minutes in the game... The issue about Man United's LvG trial should not scare anyone from looking at our own strengths and playing through them — We are faster, we are younger, we are more technically adept and maybe we can implement this best... Remember guys a wingback is also a defender when the need arises and the questions we should be asking is if Walcott, Ox, Podolski and Carzola can really learn to track back when played in the wing back roles...

Walcott used to be able to dribble past four opponents in a quick counter-attack (too bad it did not lead to a goal), but he does not have that guts anymore now.

A two - legged tie against the French Principality side promises to be an intriguing spectacle, but while Arsenal will be considered strong favourites to progress, they would be unwise to under - estimate their Ligue 1 opponents, despite them not being in the best of form leading up to the first leg at the Emirates.