Sentences with phrase «riding on them as»

Starwhal is also a good choice, as the wacky movements of the narwhals you ride on as you try and pierce the hearts of opponents are always good for a party, and Anna will keep you guessing with its puzzles and story as you try and find out the plot.

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T. Rowe Price cut valuations for 12 of its 17 investments in private tech companies, including the accommodations share site Airbnb, ride share company Uber, cloud storage company Dropbox as well as open - source development company Cloudera, and Evernote, the organization app company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

One said her driver «pulled out his penis and masturbated during the ride,» while another recalled waking up in the back seat of the vehicle as the driver was «engaging in oral sex on me without my consent.»

These Jack - of - all - trades shoes are light enough for speedwork, cushioned for long runs, and have a smooth ride that doesn't fade even as you pile on the miles.

The ruling did not shut down Uber «s self - driving car lab entirely, which would likely have been a major blow as the company is betting its current ride services network will eventually rely on self - driving cars.

The stock has been on a roller - coaster ride since unveiling its next generation products, as underwhelming reviews and weak demand for the iPhone 8 have sent shares tumbling.

WA taxpayers have pumped $ 171 billion into running the Federation over the past decade as almost every other State and Territory has enjoyed an economic free ride on the State's coat - tails.

You should be prepared to work on push - behind lawn mowers, riding lawn mowers, generators, garden tools such as rototillers and edgers, chainsaws, wood chippers and snowblowers.

She has quickly become known as the Spyder Queen and draws so much attention on rides, she has perfected her own «Queen wave» for the adoring masses.

Whereas once it seemed like Facebook could ride out any bad publicity on the strength of its inexorable growth as a business and cultural force, it's increasingly operating in an environment where billionaire technology moguls like Michael Bloomberg and Pierre Omidyar are publicly criticizing it and even calling for it to be regulated.

In a situation such as a concert, the camera's instant upload capability is only as good as the wireless network it's riding on.

It «will either be a one - time, one - off, fire - and - forget retaliation for a heinous chemical - weapons assault on civilians, or it will serve as a signal to the Assad regime and its allies that the free ride for mass murder in Syria is now over,» Hof said.

Global bonds went on a wild rollercoaster ride last week, with the price swings being particularly abrupt in the U.S. and German markets, which have long been viewed as the safest and most liquid in the world.

During the 1777 Battle of Princeton, Washington rode on his horse as bullets fired from British rifles 30 yards away whizzed around him.

When you're riding the waves, you must also be on a constant lookout for changes in the environment, as it can get dangerous very quickly.

The ride - hailing company is in exclusive talks to line up funding from four investors, but a deal, which could reach as much as $ 12 billion, hangs on the outcome of a courtroom brawl between Travis Kalanick and Benchmark.

Uber drivers, as well as drivers for Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, are increasingly turning to alternative measures in the hopes of making more money on the job.

This feeling is familiar to anyone who has drifted over a hill on a roller coaster or flown on a parabolic «zero - gravity» flight — often referred to as a «vomit comet» ride because of the intense nausea the experience can trigger.

He stressed that in terms of revenue, Control Data was probably one of our top three accounts, so a lot was riding on keeping the company as a customer.

But she's going to face pressure to liberate high - tech, high - growth units such as ride - sharing / hailing division Maven and self - driving entity Cruise, mainly to deliver more returns on the stock price.

For example, ride - hailing apps such as Uber manipulate drivers, who are independent contractors and don't have scheduled shifts, to stay on the road longer.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday as tech shares rose following a roller coaster ride in the previous trading day.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

While some retirees find their worlds shrinking as work relationships trail off, Pedego dealers develop new friendships with the customers who join them on guided tours or group rides.

As a leader, you can't ride along on every sales call or physically work with your team all the time, but you can always be with them in spirit.

Virtually everyone who asks about opening a store (Pedego says it receives roughly 400 inquiries a year) discovered the bikes by riding them — typically as rentals while on vacation.

That idea might have been considered «science fiction» as recently as a decade ago, Felten said, but now Waymo is testing its driverless ride - hailing service on public roads in Arizona.

Khosrowshahi will replace Travis Kalanick, who resigned as Uber CEO on June 20, as head of the ride - hailing business.

By opening its API to complementary companies such as TripAdvisor and OpenTable, Uber is extending its reach to those companies» customers, making it easy for them to book a ride when they plan a night out on the town.

As for the long - term plan, Musk dodged a question from an analyst on whether the company could ever offer an autonomous vehicle to a ride - sharing company like Uber.

My main interest is horse riding, and I have this listed as an interest on my Facebook page.

Prices vary depending on demand, driver availability and a variety of other factors, but rides are generally both affordable and comfortable as compared to a regular cab ride.

As a kid, I'd hone my bike - riding skills by darting through downtown traffic on the way to the «Snail and then back again to my home, a half hour away in Parkdale.

Indeed, in the years following the end of the tech boom, SEP (No. 93 on the PROFIT 500, with $ 11.4 million in revenue) had ridden a wave of expansion as a growing number of firms moved to search advertising and other forms of digital brand promotion.

As markets continued their wild ride today, clawing back most of their losses from Monday, including a nearly 600 point drop on the Dow, it's important for us to take stock of where we are.

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of ride - hailing service Uber, said Wednesday he's going to take as long as possible to go public — responding to critics and stressing he's focused on product and innovation, not liquidity.

Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp founded Uber as an app built on scalable infrastructure to get people rides from one place to another.

Because the financial markets have been so volatile these last few years and may continue to give investors a bumpy ride, Kaplan says it pays for investors to stay liquid and to diversify their holdings through vehicles such as mutual funds and ETFs (exchange - traded funds) rather than make big bets on individual securities.

And on Memorial Day weekend last month the company offered a separate flight program called UberAIR from Boston to Nantucket — but it wasn't on - demand service like that which Uber is known for, as passengers couldn't book a ride on a specific jet.

Lyft, whose current drivers are regular folks with a car who give rides for a fee, is betting that self - driving cars will quickly eliminate people's need to own a car, as well as his company's dependence on human drivers.

At least a handful of times, Uber drivers have been accused of taking riders on «rides of hell,» some of which could be classified as outright abductions.

As Carolyn Wilkins, the No. 2 at the Bank of Canada, noted in a speech in London on Sept. 14, Canada's pension - fund managers are highly skilled and they have the scale to ride out short - term volatility.

«As you can see in people's living rooms, on a plane or riding the subway, fans all over the world can enjoy playing Nintendo Switch wherever they go,» said Reggie Fils - Aime, Nintendo of America President and COO in a statement.

Nap as much as you can on the plane ride, and then once you get to where you're going, get on the [local] schedule right away.

As a parent friend explained to me, having Netflix on your phone is very, very important when you have children — it shuts them up during car rides or long waits at the dentist's office.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

They may not be able to make you feel as if you've just hitched a ride on a unicorn for a jaunt through a lollipop forest, but they hope to at least nudge the edges of your office face into a bit more of a smile.

The journalists, Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, published books based on the leaks last month that portrayed the institution as ridden with corruption and mismanagement.

In short, there is a lot riding on Lutke, who serves as the company's CEO.