Sentences with phrase «major hit as»

The hammock was a major hit as well.

Heins said that sales of the devices in the US took a major hit as carriers transitioned to 4G phones.

Along the way, Senate tradition took a major hit as all 52 Republicans voted to invoke the so - called nuclear option, which makes it easier for Supreme Court nominees to be confirmed.

In contrast, Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass grants access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games that you can download for $ 10 a month, including such major hits as Halo 5 and Gears of War 4.

The console currently plays over 300 Xbox 360 games (with more being added every month), including such major hits as Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV, Dark Souls, BioShock and the entire Mass Effect series.

The console currently plays over 300 Xbox 360 games (with more being added every month), including such major hits as Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV, Dark Souls, BioShock and the entire Mass Effect series.

In contrast, Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass grants access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games that you can download for $ 10 a month, including such major hits as Halo 5 and Gears of War 4.

Not exact matches

But for those firms lucky enough to hit upon a major blockbuster — typically defined as any drug with annual sales of more than $ 1 billion — the rewards can be handsome.

But it's gained momentum over the past year as major retail and restaurant chains — ranging from Kmart to Neiman Marcus to Dairy Queen — have been hit by massive security breaches.

She had a major win this year after her Emmy - winning role as Celeste in the HBO show «Big Little Lies,» which was a hit with critics and fans alike.

NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters)- The S&P 500 index rose above 2,700 for the first time on Wednesday and other major indexes hit record highs as technology stocks climbed amid indications of robust economic growth in the United States and overseas.

The racy Grand Theft Auto IV isn't the only major game coming out this spring — Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 was released in February; Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue hit shelves in April; and God of War: Chains of Olympus in March, the same month as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros..

He resisted it because the field hit a major slump in the 1980s as experts moved to more promising areas of research — an AI winter, Schmidt called it.

And despite America's spending habits, the greenback is still seen as a safe haven whenever financial crises — including ones caused by Americans — hit because most major countries want to maintain the value of their national reserves, which include dollar - denominated assets.

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

Major indexes are little changed as banks fall along with interest rates and weak first - quarter results hit several health care companies.

While most of the news coverage goes to data breaches that hit major corporations, small businesses are frequently the target of cyber attacks as well.

Bitcoin surged past $ 17,000 Thursday — and briefly hit $ 19,000 — as the frenzy surrounding the virtual currency escalated just days before it starts trading on major U.S. exchanges.

Almost every major cryptocurrency, from the flagship bitcoin to lesser known digital tokens like litecoin and dash, took a hit Friday morning, with some down as much as 33 %.

Barring a major market correction, we feel pretty good that we'll hit our magic numbers ahead of schedule next year, possibly as early as Q2 of 2017.

The big money in the last major move wasn't really made as gold hit $ 1425 in November or $ 1550 in April, it was made during the summer weakness of July and August when gold traded at less than $ 1200.

Unlike other crisis - hit countries such as Spain and Greece, Italy has yet to implement major economic overhauls or to push down labor and other business costs to levels that would make its industries more competitive abroad.

As the new waves of regulatory changes keep on hitting the segment, the major cryptocurrencies are mostly lower today.

Major indexes took a 10 % hit as bond yields rose.

When oil hit $ 100 a barrel last year, consumers yelped and the media headlined the number as major news.

As of this writing, the major indices are hitting day highs as the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strengtAs of this writing, the major indices are hitting day highs as the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strengtas the US Dollar gave up it's earlier strength.

The cryptocurrency segment is in a short - term correction after a great week that saw several key resistance levels fall, as the major coins kept up the bullish momentum and hit new rally highs after a shallow correction.

Most major Asian stock indexes edged up on Tuesday, tracking major gains on Wall Street on Monday, as hurricane Irma did not hit Florida with the force that many feared.

I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper than that to the root cause, I know lots of religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.

And then we did a whirlwind day of sightseeing as a trio before hopping back on the plane to head home, hitting up the major sights.

It does seem kind of like «hit - and - run» for you to post that you are considering changing on some major issues, but then potentially not give any reasons as to why.

The call for prayer comes as the second major category five storm to hit the Caribbean this month - Hurricane Maria - has battered the island of Dominica and is likely to hit Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the next day or so.

Esther has hit on one of the two major issues as I see them; Christianity is not a religion and what the world has had enough of and is now looking elsewhere for answers is the institutional church, not Christianity.

The Philippine rice crop was also hammered by floods as two back — to — back typhoons hit the country's major rice growing region before the crop could be harvested.

«As home base for three of last year's winners, Philly is hitting its stride as a major food destinatioAs home base for three of last year's winners, Philly is hitting its stride as a major food destinatioas a major food destination.

Don't read that as saying the Cardinals should have been hit even harder by Major League Baseball, however.

Plus, as the first major hits achievement, it's a decent way to check in on someone's career trajectory based on when they got there.

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

In total, the 24 - year - old has hit 49 goals in 99 appearances for Aston Villa, and his prolific form in England has seemingly convinced Houghton that he could cut it at Anfield, as he told talkSPORT: «I've heard Benteke is one of their major priorities in the summer, he is the one they are looking to sign.

After Raburn hit his seventh home run on the season, and also breaking up the no - hitter by Tigers starter Jose Alvarez's carried in his major league debut, Cabrera playfully threw gum at the ex-Tiger as he ran by third base.

The youngster is now a fully fledged England international and is set to make his second major tournament appearance at next year's World Cup in Russia as he hits the tender age of 20.

Harrah hit only 13 homers in his first three major league seasons, but as he grew more confident, more aggressive and stronger, bulking up from 160 to 180 pounds, he began pulling the ball.

To Jordan Spieth and a host of other major champions before him (and, no doubt, after him), the lovely Golden Bell — the second hole of the three - hole, hit - and - pray - to - the - golf - gods stretch known as Amen Corner — is one of the most dangerous spots on the course.

The hit was clean, even though McCabe was given a five - minute major and a game, it's just unfortunate that Paille was stumbling forward as he got hit.

In today's expansion - diluted market it is often possible to regard the major league catcher as a sort of convenience, somebody to stop the ball from hitting the umpire when the batter misses it and to get the ball back to the mound.

Coquelin was a key part of this, and though Gabriel didn't play a major part, I'm sure you can agree if Mertz or Kos had been hit with an injury you would have felt a lot more secure having him as back - up instead of Chambers or Monreal??

So as long as Dallas is able to weed out the guys who have no chance at starting right away, it likely wouldn't see a major fall - off in odds of hitting on an OG with acceptable rookie play.

IS DODGERS ROOKIE MATT KEMP THE NEXT JEFF FRANCOEUR?Kemp, who hit seven home runs in his first 45 major league at bats, is doinghis best impression of the Braves» Francoeur (seven homers in his first 63 atbats as a rookie last year).

He was drafted as a 17 - year - old, and he didn't stop hitting until he was 40, reaching the majors when he was 21, and methodically swatting his way to 500 homers.

I believe Ohtani can make the necessary adjustments to hit major league pitching, but it's going to be very difficult as a part - time hitter.