Sentences with phrase «shot across the bow»

So this quick post is just a warning shot across the bow, folks.

The announcement, however, appears to be a clear shot across the bow for the numerous other entities that are raising money through ICOs.

The discovery of more resistant pests is nonetheless a serious shot across the bows.

Rather, they're «like shots across the bow telling you that something is coming,» he said.

The seeds of this selloff were planted back in August: at the time, China's central bank suddenly devalued its currency as a sort of shot across the bow of the U.S. Federal Reserve when it was preparing to start tightening interest rates.

I'm talking about a completely unveiled shot across the bow at certain of their media's homerist and unprofessional journalism that has been a trademark of the series.

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For many LGBT advocates, this is the first shot across the bow in what they expect to be a large - scale assault by the Trump administration on rights and protections for LGBT individuals.

Now the pendulum has swung in the opposition direction as the Feds sent shots across the bow of cryptocurrency entrepreneurs establishing the fact that Initial Coin Offerings, are in fact regulated securities.

First revealed at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado represents GM's first shot across the bow of the Ford F - 150.

The first shot across the bow came in 2002, when Oxford paleontologist Martin Brasier challenged the authenticity of what were then widely regarded as the fossil remains of some of Earth's first life - forms.

It'll also be taking shots across the bow of the Genesis G90, Lincoln Continental and Lexus LS provided that buyers can look past the badge and see the value.

Litigators tempted to use the Andrew Mitchell costs ruling as a «tactical advantage» have received a warning shot across the bows from the High Court.

But the service it offers, at the price point that Amazon is willing to provide it, is a direct shot across the bow of every public library in America.

Not only is the company disrupting retail but they have now shot across the bow of groceries and food stuffs.

It's not clear what they discussed, or even whether Redstone spoke at all, but it was a very obvious shot across the bow of Dauman's camp and an attempt to demonstrate that Redstone is healthy and very much in charge of the company that he still controls.

The firm's shot across the bow did liven up the discussion, as intended.

This is a massive shot across the bow for Twitter, since CEO Jack Dorsey has said that the future of the company is about live events and news.

«They're sending a very strong shot across the bow to their competitors with the stores they're opening,» says Antia.

By Doug Stephens On October 25 of this year — on an otherwise quiet day in retail news — Nike chief executive Mark Parker fired a reverberating shot across the bow of the entire retail industry.

«But it's a good shot across the bow that this isn't a good long - term business model.»

It's a really nice shot across the bow of those pony tailed fifty - sixty year old lit and wymn's studies profs with a giant bald spot though I really don't think they're «Secesh.»

Three players have now shot across the bow about their unhappiness, Rosicky, Podolski and Campbell.

A parting shot across the bow on the way out.

When Dishonored was released in 2012, it was a throwback shot across the bow of AAA games.

Michael Haneke's latest shot across the bow of the bourgeoisie is a suspenseful yarn about a middle - aged French couple who find themselves under surveillance by person or persons unknown — videotapes start showing up at their doorstep, some of them accompanied by crude, vaguely threatening drawings that seem to make all too much sense to the husband who quickly attempts to take matters into his own hands.

And while the teachers union has been careful not to claim the scalps of Fenty and his schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, the election may serve as a political shot across the bows of other urban officials considering similar policies.

Regardless, such a device is a clear and present shot across the bow of the Kindle Fire, the de facto owner of the low - end tablet market thus far — the «sub-iPad» space for individuals unable or unwilling to shell out up to $ 829 for Apple's 9.7 - inch take on the «post-PC era.»

The result is still a game that often feels like a stunningly confident, competent shot across the bow of the open world genre, folding in an incredibly strong narrative and a good sense of consequence to the decisions that present themselves throughout, presenting a fun bit of combat creativity into a genre that desperately needs it.

There's also a constantly accruing super move meter that is used to pause the battle in progress and launch a completely unhindered shot across the bow of the invading forces.

But similarly, sat here now, staring at a screen that is oozing with the most beautiful of 4K HDR filled visuals, it still feels like a proper shot across the bows of the enemy has been missed.

Mr. Margulies played down the show being any kind of aesthetic shot across the bow of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, despite his public feud with that institution over its continuing to receive millions in tax dollars from a struggling community rather than relying solely on private contributors.

Let out ship fire a few shots across their bows and let these obnoxious hypocrites and liars do their scientific research in laboratories in Tokyo.

«The NIPCC's new report, Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, fires a scientific cannon shot across the bow of the quasi-religious human - caused global warming movement by presenting data, facts, and scientific method constructs of climate change science.

«This is a real shot across the bow,» said Patrick Ramage, global whale program director with the International Fund for Animal Welfare

While this isn't a particular shot across the bow at Snapchat, it's worth remembering just how many social and messaging products Facebook owns that have millions of users to sell advertising against — all of which could be a threat to Snap's long - term successes:

The very first shot across the bow by the Feds came with the DAO report back in July of 2017.

But as the SEC fired shots across the bow of the ICO industry many offerings were in the middle of a raise or preparing to launch.

Publicly taking on the presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, who has no competition now that Gov. David Paterson has decided not to run this fall, is a serious shot across the bow for Spitzer.

This is a warning shot across the bow of higher education, done for explicit ideological reasons to try to pressure institutions to silence leftists and lift up conservatives.

That Matisse's The Danceis hung in a stairwell would leadany reasonable person to interpret this re-installation as a serious shot across the bow to abstract painting from the second half of the twentieth century and quality in painting in general.

You could easily see this as a direct shot across the bow of the new Amazon Echo Show, which made the important jump to using a screen in addition to voice so that it can always offer you information no matter your query.

The LC 500 and LC 500h are the first of the breed, and considering this is a clear shot across the bow of the established GT players, watch this space for higher - performance variants to arrive in the future.

Things loosened up a bit within a few weeks, but those events were the first shot across the bow for lawyers and everyone else.