Sentences with phrase «of going up against»

They bravely undertake the risky endeavor of going up against insurance companies, business giants, the health care industry, drug companies, big tobacco, oil and chemical conglomerates — need I go on?

They write academic, opinion and blog pieces saying that skepticism is a criminal enterprise and create lists of those going up against the wall come the revolution.

At worst, such statements betray cowardice, a fear of going up against Nintendo's own product head to head.

Younger fans of the fighting genre will love the original characters and deep lore, and will enjoy the challenge of going up against those who have played these titles for nearly two decades.

The new story would have seen the two of them going up against Darth Krayt, a popular new Sith new character from the Star Wars comic books, and his armies.

Enemies don't react to your shots as you would expect them to, lending to a very miserable feeling of going up against bullet sponges.

Rise of the Tomb Raider has the dubious task of going up against Fallout 4 when both games launch on November 10.

It's the first performance sedan that Kia's releasing to compete against the established European elite and based on initial response to it; the Stinger looks to be up - to - the - task of going up against the likes of the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C - Class, and Audi A4.

This has led to some truly hilarious genre bending, such as the utterly forgettable and utterly humorless Johnny Depp / Angelia Jolie vehicle The Tourist sneaking its way into the comedy side in 2010 or the dark - as - night Les Miserables getting a statue in 2012 by completing in the «lighter» category instead of going up against heavyweights like Argo or Lincoln.

That's not too surprising, considering Nintendo has the only library of characters with brand recognition capable of going up against Disney's figures, including Marvel.

He has previously protested against the prospect of going up against just Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, insisting on including the Green Party's Natalie Bennett.

Austin Harig, 18, of South Buffalo, told POLITICO New York he's not afraid of going up against the conservative real - estate developer and 2010 GOP nominee for governor in an effort to bring balance to the board, which has six seats up for grabs in the May 3 election.

, Byron Jones's recollection of going up against the 29 - year - old wideout in practice — which «will always be my favorite memory» — as well as Alfred Morris's statement that Bryant had been «great in the locker room,» and so on.

All of the films also have the unenviable task of going up against Croods 2 — an animated film that features the voice of box office competition - crusher Nic Cage...

«The material allowed for us to kind of go up against each other also create two characters who didn't fall for each other or became each other's best friend.

Not exact matches

«We're used to saying Bell and Telus and Rogers (TSX: RCI) are big companies and they make a lot of money, but if they go up against Verizon — it's not an even fight.»

The movie studio filed for bankruptcy in the wake of sexual harassment claims against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, and its assets went up for sale.

Overall, the character plays more like a potential antagonist for the next season of «Silicon Valley» than anyone who should have been going up against the likes of Superman.

«They had to move them up or they were going to drown,» said the father, who did not want to give his name for fear of repercussions against his son.

Ticket prices actually saw a surge when the Vikings went up 7 - 0 against the Eagles in the first quarter of Sunday's game.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat, said Wells Fargo had a «culture of being fined and losing money for the bank» and held up a chart showing all of the fines and judgments that had gone against the bank since Stumpf became CEO.

More than $ 516,000 in bonuses was paid out, including «knockout of the night,» «submission of the night,» and «fight of the night» — the latter going to Thamesford, Ontario native Mark Hominick, who picked up $ 129,000 for his (unsuccessful) shot at the UFC featherweight belt against Brazilian - born Jose Aldo.

Users are still able to create fake accounts, send harassing tweets, criticize you over and over again, remain completely anonymous, and come up with a variety of unflattering slams against celebrities that are never caught by the filters and go completely ignored for days or weeks on end.

Two out of 3 2016 presidential debates will go up against NFL games, a prospect that has Donald Trump upset over the format.

The FAA is «going to want a level of uniformity around the country in terms of the airspace that will probably run up against the many localities that see it as their rights to protect their citizens,» Michel said.

Adds Buzza, «If you're going to go after the biggest companies in Canada, you can expect that by the time you get to court, you're going to be up against a legal team with a lot of resources at its fingertips.»

(Sure, a bunch of people will give up using FedEx — one of the few major companies to hold its ground against the boycott — but are they really going to boycott two dozen companies, and suffer that much disruption of your consumption habits?

The pain that this start up is aiming to solve is the one that many of us have experienced, the terrible process of going to an apartment viewing only to battle against 100 other applicants.

Going up against an entrenched industry of secure syncing and sharing competitors like Box and Dropbox, it not only had to differentiate its product but live up to the Citrix brand.

If «Dunkirk» does pull off the win, it could be a hint to how the night goes, as «The Shape of Water» and «Dunkirk» are up against each other in numerous categories, including best picture.

The perennial criticism lobbed against Silicon Valley goes something like this: Entrepreneurs aren't thinking big enough, and too many of the new start - ups being launched are really nothing more than fancy features or clones.

So if you're going to forsake your career, and give up the opportunity to learn and gain experience by working for others, it's a good idea to know upfront what you're up against so you have the best chance of winning in the end.

(We also thought about the Stinger going up against another BI Car of the Year contender, the Acura TLX A-Spec, but the Acura just doesn't have that juicy Stinger twin - turbo V6 going for it.)

The only way to know for certain that your content is holding up its end of the bargain is by agreeing on goals early on and using the right tools to measure your work against those goals as you go.

If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a renegade lawyer going up against one of the biggest bands in the world in court only has a tiny chance of prevailing.

I wouldn't say that a finding by the jury of infringement in this case is going to open up the door to a lot more similar cases being filed against Led Zeppelin per se.

But for a company such as Blue Apron that's losing money, going up against Amazon's «unending bales» of cash would be no small feat.

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Sherman played his college ball in the Bay Area at Stanford under former coach Jim Harbaugh, who then went up against Sherman during his four seasons in charge of the 49ers.

«As soon as there's a case that goes against them, it opens up a Pandora's box of liability.»

A bunch of ex-employees of major technology companies — former Facebookers, Apple - AWOLers, Googlers gone rogue — have set up a new non-profit dedicated to fighting back against the technology giants they built.

To make sure we give the broadest possible view of program quality, then, we've stacked our rankings up against those published by other major organizations and broken down which factors go into each.

Even with boatloads of pre-launch buzz, Jet is still going up against Amazon, one of the most cutthroat competitors in the history of American capitalism.

Well the first thing is if the United States raises interest rates that's going to push the dollar way up against the Euro, and most of all against third world and Asian countries.

Once the well - wishers are gone and the cane laid aside, Jack Layton may well send up a little prayer of thanks for the very outcome he campaigned against.

Going against the Silicon Valley orthodoxy, the venture capitalist has urged technology start - ups to go public as soon as they are able, instead of continuing to take venture capital funding: Taking on too much venture funding, he has said, can fuel a lack of discipline.

For his part in the bet, Seides picked five funds - of - funds with interests in more than 200 hedge funds to go up against Buffett's Vanguard S&P index fund.

Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him of holding anti-Semitic views and playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»

Facebook, Apple and other tech giants have gone against the trend of urbanization by erecting massive, inward - looking campuses featuring all the amenities their employees can dream up.