Sentences with phrase «of being caught on»

Also, the fate of sharks so exhausted by 45 + minutes of being caught on a line, plus being pulled out of water and onto shore isn't 100 % known.

Juventus were the ones on the attack instead of being caught on their heels a good amount of the time.

Not exact matches

As Claire Fallon, the Huffington Post's books and culture writer, points out, there are plenty of other reasons why ebooks may never catch on with a larger crowd.

Then I have a few wide - ranging product meetings at which we review things like whether we're running into any problems on the factory side, and whether we're happy with the action of the zipper on our new hoodie — is it catching at all?

Though she often hinted at her regular job — admitting that her husband says she drives too fast and follows too close, as well as telling a customer she loves making left turns — her passengers didn't seem to catch on, although they admitted to being big fans of Patrick on the track.

Later in life, when it looked like the regimen might actually catch on, Stefansson is said to have remarked to his wife with a tinge of sorrow, «I shall have to find myself a new heresy.»

If your industry is highly visual and purchases are made based on what the product looks like such as clothes, shoes, decorative ornaments etc. then posting pictures of your products could really help to increase sales because an instagram user may stumble into a product which catches their eye and then go to your website to purchase that product.

The tech giant was playing catch - up of sorts to Google, which has allowed developers to do the same thing on its Android platform on Google Play since 2013.

The Postal Corporation of Kenya was reluctant to jump on this trend, and now it's forced to play catch - up as a result.

On CNBC's «Options Action» Friday, Cornerstone Macro's Carter Worth explained that after two years of consolidation, biotech stocks are about to play catch up to the market, and one way to take advantage of the move is with one of its top constituents — Amgen.

Who knows if the expression «Internet of value exchange» will catch on or if one day we'll be referring to the retronym «Internet of knowledge.»

Traditional drug giants have caught on to the not - so - dirty little secret that outsourcing drug research (and in - licensing) may be a more effective strategy than trying to create groundbreaking new molecules within the confines of a single lab.

This means that many mentions of your business online — on Twitter and beyond — may be indirect, which is why it's crucial that you have a system that catches those complaints and comments.

«Other people have to be able to speak for your brand,» says Jonah Berger, author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and the James G. Campbell Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

But because it was the first smartphone Samsung launched after discontinuing its Galaxy Note 7 — some of which were found to have a battery defect that could cause it to explode or catch on fire — the company delayed the launch to implement a new safety - testing protocol to ensure the phones» batteries were safe, it said.

It should have: It was this scrappy, five - man team of mechanical engineers that first caught on to the German giant's emissions - cheating ways, kicking off the biggest business scandal of the year (and possibly the decade).

The New York AG says he's just trying to catch the bad actors on the site; Airbnb says there's no reason to subpoena data on 15,000 Airbnb users as a result of a few bad apples.

What did strike me about this matter is that it seems to confirm a feeling that I have long had: Progressive Democrats who get caught with their pants down appear to pay a steeper price in terms of impact on their career prospects — if not criminal prosecution — when compared to similarly compromised corporate - friendly Republicans.

Are people spending an inordinate amount of time just catching up on email?

For evidence of that, consider what recently happened to United Airlines when that now - infamous customer service snafu was caught on video.

A cash reserve can cover costs in the interim, while you're waiting for profits, and also help in planning for taxes that may catch you off guard and take a chunk out of the money you were planning to use on other expenses.

«In the case of Zynga, it missed the mobile transition from Facebook, and fortunately we caught it in time and now we're on it.

People are going to fiddle on the Internet regardless of what you do — so if you catch someone using the Internet for personal reasons for a few minutes, don't crack the whip.

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

Like the Cowardly Lion said from the Wizard of OZ «if you stay on the merry - go - round long enough you're bound to catch the brass ring.»

Retractable dog leashes are too thin to be detected by the door sensor, and if the dog and owner get caught on different sides of the door, the leash could strangle the dog or dislocate the thumb of its owner.

And that visceral response is what separates viral breakouts from busts, according to Jonah Berger, marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On.

In a coworking space, for example, it's easy to join in on topic - specific discussions, head to the gym to work out at any time of the day, grab coffee at all hours, change up your work surrounding, take important calls in sound - blocking rooms and even catch some Z's in a nap closet.

Here's the catch: If you fail to pay off the whole balance by the end of the interest - free period, you're on the hook for high interest rates against the original purchase amount — and not the remainder.

The same things you generally do to avoid catching any flu — wash your hands and steer clear of the guy hacking and sniffing on the subway or airplane (and hey, if you're want to try stocking up on Vitamin C, you'd be in good company, even if science suggests you're probably not accomplishing much).

Google is also playing a bit of catch up to Amazon's Alexa, because Alexa had a year head start on Assistant.

The cord has a hard tip in the hood area of the top that can be pulled or caught on something and when released, it can snap back and result in injury, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

This is an example of someone taking advantage of their commission structure (paid on demos) and being able to ride their base salary until they get caught.»

Vaping is addictive... or not... depending on who's doing it: «Among youth» (that's anybody who would never be caught dead using the word «youth»), «there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes.»

Whether it's working through lunch in front of the computer or noshing on chips while you catch up on your favorite television show, eating while distracted is a common occurrence for most people.

Writing ideas down will save you time when you are ready to launch your next business idea and enable you to move on to the next project instead of getting caught daydreaming the afternoon away.

There have been plenty of newsworthy incidents in the past that were caught on video by a bystander and streamed live on a social network or through an app.

Socialites, celebrities, and elite businessmen are catching on — Laura Prepon, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Palermo are just a few of the big names that have been spotted in one of Blade's three luxury lounges in Manhattan.

Now Ford — struggling with a lagging stock price, under the leadership of new CEO Jim Hackett, and working to catch up to the perception that General Motors and Tesla are ahead on electric cars and autonomous vehicles — has followed suit.

If you're just catching up on the whirlwind of news, here's a quick breakdown of everything that happened:

Let's face it, it's not always easy to stay on top of things when you're catching flights, experiencing tech issues and dealing with language barriers.

Called My Intelligent Communication Accessory, or MICA, the snakeskin bracelets are aimed at fashion - conscious women and are an attempt by the two companies to stand out in a growing field of often - clunky smartwatches and fitness brands that have yet to catch on widely with consumers.

«We want to shift away from that fear - based marketing and focus on the fact that approximately 90 percent of cancers are curable if caught in stage I.»

Though it's called the burn rate, that term doesn't really capture the drip - by - drip unease of spending more money than you're making as you race to build something that catches on before the cash runs out.

This is easily one of the most interesting books I've read in terms of why ideas «catch on.»

«I find the period of quiet, before most of the world logs on, to be great time to catch up on news and reply to emails,» the Virgin Group founder writes in a post on Virgin.com.

The meeting — which had not previously been disclosed and came on the heels of Kushner's meeting with Kislyak at Trump Tower — caught the eye of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election and whether any members of Trump's campaign were complicit.

NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters)- A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world's unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with Qatar backed by Turkey on the other.

Meanwhile, Zenefits» model of cutting out the middleman for HR services via the cloud seems to be catching on.

More and more companies are catching on to the impact these tools can have, creating a bustling ecosystem of apps, consultants, and hardware working to support BI initiatives.