Sentences with phrase «veiled swipe»

Bharara also took lots of thinly veiled swipes at President Trump, who fired him after first asking him to stay on in the role after he was elected president.

It's a thinly veiled swipe at iRobot.

Daniels took a not so veiled swipe at Capers after learning he will get to rush the passer more under Pettine's scheme rather than occupy blockers.

They included Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson who issued a thinly veiled swipe on social media.

Mr. Bharara, whose office is one of several agencies investigating possible wrongdoing connected to the administrations of Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, released a statement on Thursday that took a barely veiled swipe at Mr. Cuomo's decision in 2014 to disband an anticorruption panel, the Moreland Commission, less than a year after he impaneled it.

Earlier this month, in Queens, Bratton made a not - so - veiled swipe at Trump, telling Muslim - American police officers, «it's a shame that in the midst of a presidential race, one of the candidates would engage in outrageous behavior, and demean your religion, and demean you.»

Trump took a thinly veiled swipe at cancer - stricken Arizona Sen. John McCain during a speech at an annual gathering of conservatives — without mentioning him by name.

«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.

«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.

After scoring a hat - trick for Spain in their 6 - 1 demolition of Argentina on Tuesday, Isco hit out over his lack of playing time at Real Madrid and took a thinly veiled swipe at his club coach Zinedine Zidane.

In a speech to the state Business Council's annual meeting in Bolton Landing on Friday morning, Cuomo relied heavily on touting his record on the state budget as well as his efforts to combat property taxes while also taking some veiled swipes at his Republican opponent, Rob Astorino.

In a statement of his own, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara took a veiled swipe at Cuomo's now - shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption as well as the internal effort to oversee Buffalo Billion contracting.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed Trump on Twitter as «pathetic» a day after the president used the same word to take a veiled swipe at him while speaking to law enforcement on Long Island.

Some have suggested that is a veiled swipe at Prime Minister Theresa May's former joint chiefs - of - staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who stepped down in June after taking the blame for the Conservatives poor election result.

At the same time, Bharara took a veiled swipe at Cuomo's own efforts to combat corruption in state government through the now - defunct Moreland Commission, whose shutdown his office investigated, but concluded there was no wrongdoing.

He also took a thinly - veiled swipe at his shadow cabinet colleagues who had come up with various reasons why Labour lost the Copeland by - election «I thought the loss in Copeland was really serious.

As I recall, Cuomo didn't criticize Batra directly, instead he took a not - so - veiled swipe at Senate Minority Leader John Sampson for appointing him in the first place, saying it was a «reflection» on him.

The former solder also makes a very thinly veiled swipe at the appointment of Gavin Williamson as defence secretary, saying that the appointment «seems to have sent a message to the military community... that I'm not 100 % comfortable with».

In a thinly - veiled swipe at Eton - educated David Cameron, the one - time leadership rival told a meeting on grammer schools the only winners from the death of the selective education system were the public school boys who now «dominate» Britain.

Ex-President George W. Bush took a veiled swipe at Trump and urged Americans to fight to maintain their democratic values.

But, if elected, she said she won't travel back to Staten Island to hit the gym, a veiled swipe at de Blasio, who continues to travel to Brooklyn to exercise.

As he announced the names, local CLP chair and former Tony Blair aide Ian McKenzie issued a thinly - veiled swipe at the centralised selection process.

In a thinly - veiled swipe at his rival, who critics say has attracted a cult - like following, Pontypridd MP Mr Smith insisted Labour was bigger than one personality.

Sessions took perhaps a veiled swipe at their work in a memo earlier this week, saying that prosecutions for violent crime have been on the decline even as the number of murders has gone up.

Palladino also took a thinly veiled swipe at Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials in apportioning blame for the Sunday afternoon incident at 1993 Atlantic Ave.

Last week Prime Minister David Cameron said tax avoiders «need to wake up and smell the coffee», perceived as a thinly - veiled swipe at the company.

His comments, in an interview with The House magazine, will be interpreted as a thinly - veiled swipe at Jeremy Corbyn's strategy.

(Director Abderrahmane Sissako was also currently shooting material, but forwarded a few remarks that included a thinly veiled swipe at Donald Trump and implied that the enlightened minds of the NYFCC represented the real America.)

This seems like a not - so - veiled swipe at Ford's system where you actually have to move your foot near the underside of the car, heaven forbid.

At the Simmons College leadership conference in Boston on Thursday, former first lady Michelle Obama praised her husband's presidency while taking a veiled swipe at the current occupant of the White...