Sentences with phrase «to fight against»

Moscow has tried to legitimize this course of action by arguing that the Taliban is helping in the fight against ISIS.

ISIS has also suffered major losses in its fight against the Afghan government in NATO.

While dry skin tends to plague most people in the chillier months, for some, their daily skin care regimen is a near - constant fight against the flake.

Starboard Value, the activist firm waging a proxy fight against consumer giant Newell Brands, on Monday put forward the names of the 10 executives with whom it wants to replace the Newell board.

The concern is that such strikes could take away attention from the fight against Islamic State militants.

This moisturizer is stocked with 100 % vegan ingredients, but it's also a powerful weapon in the fight against flake.

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

In Iraq, part of Petraeus's success was built on helping to engineer a shift in loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi government.

«The magnificent work of the security forces and bodies in the fight against drug trafficking makes it possible for numerous seizures to take place,» Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said.

While many of the Sunnis who switched sides in the Sunni awakening had American blood on their hands, they could at least be said to have been fighting against what they viewed as an invading army.

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That tendency to withdraw in old age is something Forrec's designs fight against.

Druckenmiller was named «America's Most Charitable Man of 2009» by the Chronicle of Philanthropy after he and his wife pledged $ 705 million (U.S.) in support of medical research, education, and the fight against childhood poverty.

On Friday, meanwhile, the Post reported that Omidyar was helping Gawker in its fight against Hogan and trying to convince other media companies to do likewise.

Last Friday, Obama signed an executive order that calls for more cooperation between the government and companies in the fight against cyberthreats.

Brexit could lead to a fragmentation of the financial services industry in Europe, incapable of fighting against major financial hubs like New York and Singapore, a senior Italian official told CNBC in an exclusive interview.

In 1990, the day became a global event, and over 200 million people in 141 countries joined in the marches to fight against environmental ignorance.

The line is beneficial to the fight against cancer and profitable.

By the 1870s, the Los Angeles city council was fighting against tamale wagons and lunch carts, and San Antonio's leaders worried that Mexican street vendors were upsetting other business traffic.

I speak of a conscious leader with the unquenchable desire to make things right through fairness, equality, and the fight against gender bias.

Asked if he could see why it might appear odd to go from aggressively fighting against the IEX speed - bump model to implementing one, he stressed that the NYSE would do whatever it took to have the best listings franchise.

The same official added that there was an agreement between the three leaders (Trump, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker) to step up the fight against the self - proclaimed Islamic State.

«It was quite clear after 2007 that we knew how to fight against external attacks,» Ruubel says.

Sohn is one of the most anticipated hedge fund events of the year, where managers volunteer their time and best investment ideas to raise money in the fight against childhood cancer.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said that it's time to step up the fight against Islamist extremism in the wake of the new attack.

This might seem crazy, but Musk knew that Tesla would make too small a dent in the fight against carbon emissions all by itself.

Kraft Heinz has in recent weeks been particularly vocal about its corporate strategies, including a «post integration business update» on its Kraft Heinz deal, in which the company focuses on its sustainability efforts, fight against world hunger and community efforts.

In some industries, you have to fight against decades of inertia and sluggish progress; in others, you have to fight traditionalism and entrenched modes of thinking.

Watch the coming renewal of the Bank of Canada's mandate closely for signs it may relax its fight against inflation.

It's a natural behavioral mechanism that when a person is allowed to win that she will start to be more open to what she was fighting against.

«You need to withstand and fight against adversity in this space and be willing to help change the course forward,» he says.

Since taking office in 2009, Mr. Najib has drawn his country closer to the United States and has used his annual United Nations trips to promote Malaysia as a moderate Muslim partner in the fight against terrorism and as a strategic Asian counterforce to China.

The run - up to the upcoming German election has begun with the second - biggest party announcing who will fight against Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Starting and running any business means hard work and a daily fight against the daunting odds of failure.

The Canadian government is buoyed by other recent developments in Canada-U.S. trade: this week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.

Successful leaders fight against their habitual tendencies.

We have never fought a trade war with that much power behind the people we are fighting against.

Close - quarters fighting against determined ISIS militants in reinforced positions often necessitates close air support from Iraqi and coalition aircraft.

The official said France is re-evaluating the needs in the fight against IS but hasn't received any requests for reinforcements in the area.

Lo Voi told a news conference in Palermo that the probe helped investigators to «reach a higher level in the fight against clandestine immigration.»

Activist investor Nelson Peltz said Wednesday the fierceness of a company's fight against an outsider likely indicates how poorly the business is doing.

Deliberations were complicated by debate over Russia's recent military moves in Syria, which Moscow describes as an effort to join the fight against the extremists.

The US Department of Agriculture hopes that these special wasps will be a key ally in the fight against emerald ash borers, invasive beetles whose larvae have destroyed trees across vast swaths of northern and eastern America in just a few decades.

At the same time, some publishers — notably Elsevier, who is suing a paper - sharing site called SciHub — are doubling down on the fight against exceptions to paywalls.

American Indian activist Chase Iron Eyes, an outspoken supporter of the camp, said its shutdown is not the end of the fight against the pipeline.

A top Novartis exec on the fight against malaria.

Novartis's global head of drug development and chief medical officer, Vas Narasimhan, has a piece up on Fortune exploring the strides that have been made in the fight against malaria, including the development of an experimental Novartis treatment called KAF156.

Activists had fought against both pipelines — the protest at the Standing Rock reservation over the Dakota Access pipeline that was led by Native Americans made headlines in 2016.

In 2006, founder Scot Chisholm and a few friends held a benefit to raise money for the fight against cancer.

«The government is too busy fighting against terrorism and the Taliban and is losing the battle against drugs,» he said in October, «but everything is interconnected.»