Sentences with phrase «swiping at»

This time, however, he's swiping at his fellow Republicans, Bruce Blakeman and former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, which, come to think of it, is in direct opposition to the so - called eleventh commandment created by his old boss, President Reagan.

Maybe Cousins swiping at him made a difference.

It didn't always work (Florida State finished with 10 tackles for loss)-- but the Wolfpack did find some big plays, including a 71 - yard touchdown catch - and - run on which Jakobi Meyers left FSU star safety Derwin James swiping at air on a cutback en route to the end zone.

Samsung's Air gestures, which debuted on the Galaxy S4, allows users to scroll through their phones and pull up information by swiping at the air, which is similar to the touchless gestures described by Apple.

And as if that wasn't enough, Hulu — which is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS), 21st Century Fox (FOX), and Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal — took another swipe at its larger rival on Wednesday with the announcement that it will start offering a commercial - free version of its Hulu Plus premium streaming service, a service that will soon include a bolstered roster of movies, thanks to the Epix deal, in addition to Hulu's wide range of original and network television programming.

That seems a direct swipe at Tinder, which is still best known for hooking people up with people they find attractive by showing their photo, age and first name.

It's a thinly veiled swipe at iRobot.

«Great for U.S. / Russia Relationships:» Match Owner Takes Swipe at Facebook's Dating Business Ambitions

Turner's CEO, John Martin, also took a swipe at the fledgling subscription streaming service last year, saying it was «hard to imagine an attractive package without Turner» on YouTube TV.

Top European officials take swipes at the Trump administration following Mnuchin's dollar comments.

In his announcement Friday, the former governor took a swipe at immigration hardliners in the White House and Congress.

Microsoft just took a direct swipe at Salesforce with a new enterprise - ready version of LinkedIn's Sales Navigator customer relationship management product

In the Battle for Fast Food Chain Dominance, Taco Bell made a bold swipe at go - to breakfast choice McDonald's by releasing its own breakfast menu this week.

The Department of Health and Human Services this week announced a new proposal that would expand the use of short - term health insurance plans, opening the door for more people to use the «skinny» coverage products while taking another swipe at the law known as Obamacare.

I stand at the base of a water tower and swipe at my phone's screen to catch a Pokémon perched on a parked car's rearview mirror.

«We truly despise the carrot - and - stick approach,» Jia said in a veiled swipe at Trump's threats to cut aid or impose tariffs on Latin American nations that do not do more to further efforts to create more US jobs and combat drug trafficking.

Beyond taking a broad swipe at media, Trump also took the opportunity to take another jab at his favorite target: CNN, accusing the network of requiring job applicants to state they were «totally anti-Trump» before they would be hired.

But it did take a swipe at Cisco's decision to take the dispute to court.

Combine that with the all the high fives for its last golf ad that paired Woods with the company's next big golf hero Rory McIlroy, and this snarky little swipe at Tiger's recent past will most certainly work in the brand's favour.

Both Apple and, more recently, Samsung have taken pretty public swipes at the Blackberry maker.

In a swipe at the German chancellor, President Joachim Gauck urged Angela Merkel on Sunday to explain to Germans what her euro policies mean.

«Open or closed, forward or backward, humankind is facing new major choices,» he said, in a veiled swipe at Trump's protectionist «America first» policy.

And last spring, the company launched a new intimate apparel line with an ad campaign called «I'm No Angel,» taking a swipe at Victoria's Secret and its stick - thin, winged models.

It represents an initial Republican swipe at the 2010 Dodd - Frank law curbing Wall Street that President Barack Obama and Democrats enacted following the 2008 financial crisis.

James Moore defends the coast guard cuts in British Columbia and tries to take a swipe at Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, a group that promotes ethics in government, said Mr. Trump's swipe at Nordstrom was not a major issue in itself.

G - 20 Finance Ministers and central bankers meeting in Baden - Baden over the weekend dropped a long - standing reference to the pursuit of free and open trade and the rejection of protectionism in their official commnique, a move many saw as a swipe at U.S. - focused trade policies pursued by the Donald Trump administration.

With a hearty mix of self - deprecating humor and wink - wink swipes at advertising culture, Newcastle has become one of the coolest brands without boasting or braggadocio.

That's where Margrethe Vestager serves as the European Union's chief competition regulator — and it's a perch from which she's swiped at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google even at a time when the U.S. government seems a little lost on how exactly to regulate the tech industry.

«They are still going to keep taking swipes at it.»

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)-- California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday urged greater cooperation with China to resolve a trade dispute, while taking an apparent swipe at President Donald Trump.

The altcoins doubters, haters and pro-paper currency advocates start taking swipes at the crypto world, calling it a fraud and predicting the market would collapse.

On Thursday, Mr. Trump refused to even utter the word «gun» in a seven - minute speech on the shooting, instead taking a swipe at demands for action.

He also took a swipe at Congress for its failure to reform housing finance, leaving the companies in an indefinite state of flux.

Washington (CNN)- America's Catholic bishops have criticized the White House's mandate for insurers to provide free contraception coverage to employees, but plenty of other Catholic groups have endorsed the plan - some taking swipes at the bishops in the process.

He meant this as a compliment, I was sure, even with the backhanded swipe at my faith, and I was glad to accept it as such.

The Invention of the Human is laced with swipes at these spoilsports who, like Toto in Oz, would pull aside the curtain and reveal the chicanery of it all.

He is not above taking a stealthy swipe at Ronald Reagan from time to time but he reserves his most scathing remarks for those who, as he puts it, «saw nothing strange about being against both abortion and contraception.»

To take a swipe at the question, I would say it's cyclical: thug - theology - thug.

She delights in taking swipes at people for no reason.

Note: My favorite part about this review was that the official Chrisitanity Today review (by Alissa Wilkinson) took a swipe at this one, saying:

-- what you are saying is that people on the margins making outrageous statements are representative of Conservative and Christian conservatives - that is not so, I can't get you to admit that what you are doing is irresponsible and represents a swipe at a lot of good people.

Let me then take a few tentative swipes at the more obvious messes I have found around me as a student of theology.

He leveled a ridiculing swipe at the U.S. project: «It may seem unwise for one British pen to compete with the massed typewriters of the United States.»

Yet another CNN swipe at Christianity.

There was no need to take a swipe at Fishon though just because he thought that was the reason.

Rarely, and lamely, he swipes at the ignorant who should «go to the illusionists, then, and leave philosophers in peace.»

Trump's supporters are thrilled when he swipes at the political class as clueless and incompetent.

I think all you wanted was to write a headline and impress your colleagues with your willingness to take a swipe at Christianity... You are a lame little man.

In addition, Culinary Services is allowing those on university meal plans to use meal swipes at Smooth Moves, providing a meal option outside of the dining venue's traditional meal hours.»