Sentences with phrase «stood off against»

«Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock» • Director Cody Lucich chronicles the uprising at Standing Rock, S.D., as American Indians and environmental activists stood off against militarized police to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Justice League brings back Gal Gadot «s Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck «s Batman, and Henry Cavill «s Superman and puts Ezra Miller «s Flash, Ray Fisher «s Cyborg, and Jason Momoa «s Aquaman join the battle as the Justice League comes together to stand off against the apocalyptic big bad Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds).

Dachshunds were bred to be low enough to the ground to root out their quarry and tenacious enough to stand off against these critters.

Played locally, in this mode you stand off against a friend and take it in turns to wreak as much havoc in the area as possible within a specified time.

Each world consists of your regular levels, plus what appears to be a mini dungeon level and of course the boss level where you stand off against one of Kamek's creations.

Not exact matches

The promotion embraces the discounts as a way to «score» at their stores and has a playful connotation that stands out against a regular $ 40 off coupon.

«The stark choice that Keystone's opponents have put at the heart of the debate is an illusion,» she said today speaking at the Brookings Institution, adding: «they say that you either stand against the oilsands or you write off the environment.»

The ECB must be aware of this and accepting of the risk that the stand - off could lead to the publics in the peripheral nations rebelling against the notion of a European union.

For dogs that spend a lot of time outside, you'll need a bed that will keep your dog off the ground and can stand up against some rough weather.

2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and His Anointed One: 3 «Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints.»

All of them off shoot of hinduism, denial of truth absolute, just like any hindu, criminal locked up in a Jail, united against truth absolute God, stand no chance.

Although he came to the throne very young, married and reared a family, and passed off the scene in his early thirties, perhaps no monarch of Egypt or any other country came to stand out so sharply against the background of his own people.

The self - emptying God does not stand over against us closing off the historical future to us, but in abandoning such a dictatorial posture, comes over to our side and leaves the future open to indefinite surprise.

Blake stood, cut Schmidt off and railed against overcrowding.

They started off hot and kept the momentum going over the course of the night as they recorded 4 game wins and totaled 12 big points in the Standings against Team Kirshner (Sofia Live Lovely).

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

Tiger General Manager Jim Campbell sent Governor George Romney a wire offering to play Tuesday's game against the Orioles before empty stands but to have it televised locally to help keep people off the streets.

The Warriors cap off their five - game stand in Oakland against a surging Washington Wizards team.

One of the most famous rivalries, Teddy Sheringham and Andrew Cole played alongside each other for many successful years at Manchester United, even though the two could not stand each other off the pitch, with Cole long holding a grudge against Sheringham for snubbing him on his England debut.

Perhaps the overwhelming oddness of the position — the shadows of 1966, the constant scrutiny, the on - again, off - again calendar, the increasing irrelevance of international football when set against the all - consuming Premier League, the insistence from the FA that the England manager stand as some kind of moral paragon — drives those that inhabit it to do strange things, to kick out against common sense.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

The «Slippery Fish» came off the bench to score a hat - trick against the hapless Jets and was the clear stand - out performer of the round.

I am also against Gibbs same play creates nowt, you watch his game not once does he get in to tackle stands off so player gets in cross.

If you can't hold off Slovenia, which is playing in just its second Olympics after a Cinderella run to the quarterfinals in Sochi and has sent only two players to the NHL, what chance do you stand against the tournament favorites?

They'll look to continue their climb up the standings and up our Power Rankings in Week 5 when they square off against a Team Shlofrock squad that is coming off a big win themselves.

Team Lalez will have to step up their offensive game on Sunday when they face off against a 4 - 6 Team Reisner team that will be desperately looking to move up the standings.

We are now set to enter into new negotiations with stand - out star Aaron Ramsey, who has been amongst our most consistent performers throughout the campaign, and topped his return from injury off with an emphatic hat - trick this weekend against Everton, his first senior hat - trick of his career.

If he could not find the answer against a Chelsea side on the ropes who had to resort to getting key Arsenal players sent off to stand a chance, what chance does he have against players riding a wave and chomping at the bit, straining at their chains trying to get at us.

Following Manchester City's shock defeat at Goodison Park coupled with Manchester United's victory over Reading just hours later the gap between the two Manchester clubs now stands at fifteen points, with Manchester United having the opportunity to extend that to eighteen in the early kick off against Sunderland.

Or how another arguably great player Luis Suarez punched out a ball that was flying into the net against outsiders Ghana in the World Cup, was sent off and stood jeering and exulting from the sideline when the penalty was missed and Ghana went out.

Closer to kick - off, the Red and Black Bloc (RBB) took their place to the right of the eastern stand, in numbers not a lot less than against Newcastle a month before.

The favourites for the Premier League title face off against each other at Old Trafford at the weekend, with Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola reigniting a long standing rivalry that stems from their...

song, a blundering third rater good only at passing the ball to an opponent and giving away free - kicks, denilson a chicken going nowhere, diaby a headless donkey, rudderless vela, error - prone clichy and buttered fingered» alumuniam: have been provided enough opportunities and they had failed and should be off - loaded if to succeed against top clubs and buy couple of top class players and not cheap french fries.To top it the team have too many softies rvp, gibbs and now cesc who for the past two seasons seems to be watching from the comfort of home or in the stands..

The stand - in captain went off injured with a calf problem against West Brom and the suggestion from the manager is that he will not recover.

Call Suarez a cheat, and you won't receive a single pass all practise; comment on how they don't have an ethical leg to stand on when slagging off The Arsenal or Everton, and you'll probably get a ball to the face (or worse) at a free kick; suggest that their Champion's League victory against AC Milan in 2005 was a fluke, and you just know it's a matter of time before you're painfully taken out from behind.

It was around 11 p.m. when a firework landed near where Kristina Perez was standing in West Lawn Park «and exploded with such force that it traumatically amputated her right foot and lower leg,» according to a lawsuit filed by Perez against the city, the Park District and two people who Perez alleges set off the firework.

I could be standing on the other side of the gates we use to block off the kitchen, talking to her about what I'm doing, and she'll start screaming and bashing her hand against the gate because I am not holding her.

He told BBC Radio Five Live: «It's a bit odd, but I believe the reason they did that is because they knew I was standing up against the Tory group that was off side with the Conservative Party itself.»

Chairman will return # 25,000 to head off shareholder revolt over funding of five Conservatives who stood against Lib Dems

His on - again, off - again relationship with the governor appears to be very much off, and some Democratic lawmakers who are disappointed with the rent deal as it currently stands are accusing Cuomo of siding with the Senate GOP against the Assembly Democrats during negotiations in large part to spite the mayor).

Fidel Castro's key dates 1926: Born in the south - eastern Oriente Province of Cuba 1953: Imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against Batista's regime 1955: Released from prison under an amnesty deal 1956: With Che Guevara, begins a guerrilla war against the government 1959: Defeats Batista, sworn in as prime minister of Cuba 1960: Fights off CIA - sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles 1962: Sparks Cuban missile crisis by agreeing that USSR can deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba 1976: Elected president by Cuba's National Assembly 1992: Reaches an agreement with US over Cuban refugees 2008: Stands down as president of Cuba due to health issues

Some believed the strength of the press reaction against the Guardian was a revenge attack for the phone - hacking story, which the Guardian original broke, leading to the current stand - off over a press regulation charter.

Persons who stand up against the corrupt and corrupt practices in society are very often either bought off, blackmailed into silence through death threats or forced to face financial ruin and at worst physically eliminated.

The owners of a house in Tompkins County that was heavily damaged during a stand - off with police earlier this year have filed a lawsuit against the county.

«32BJ is standing with its allies in the NY Taxi Workers Alliance, which includes Uber drivers, Taxi and Green cab drivers, against the legislation Uber is pushing in Albany to create on - off insurance for app - based car service drivers,» said 32BJ president Hector Figueroa in a statement.

There is another stand - off in Parliament with the Minority declaring a silent protest against the Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Ocquaye whom they accuse of bias.

«This is too logical a transition for anyone to have an ideological argument against clean energy, because it stands against economic growth and good business sense,» says Daniel Kammen, professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, and science envoy for the U.S. State Department, who is attending the talks, «That's what people are saying here — they're incredulous that anyone would want to back off on this.»

The book starts off by acknowledging that our current model of reality isn't standing strong against recent scientific discoveries.

Stand with chest against a stability ball that is rested on a wall, with legs straight out behind you; heels off of the floor.

Set - up: Sit on a bench with your back flat against the support (you can also perform this standing, but start off with seated).