Sentences with phrase «victory lap after»

Instead of a victory lap after his 2011 Sundance win, the 31 - year - old toast of indie film circles went right to work on his fifth feature film, «Breathe In»

Nearly thirty years later, Burton takes a victory lap after delivering to Disney the billion - dollar - grossing Alice in Wonderland, by expanding his short to feature length via the stop - motion animation process he previously worked with on The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride.

De Blasio took a victory lap after the NYC Council gave the green light to his ambitious and controversial affordable housing plan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement took a victory lap after the House Republican health care bill was yanked on Friday afternoon.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who held media briefings daily, took a victory lap after the city was largely spared from the worst fears after he ordered the evacuation of 370,000 residents.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking a victory lap after the City Council gave the green light to his ambitious and controversial affordable housing plan.

• How unbearable is Dan's post-Kansas Oregon victory lap after star Duck guard Tyler Dorsey is now averaging 25 ppg and hitting 70 percent of his three - pointers?

Ultimately, startups and tech can take a short victory lap after TC Heartland, but should not see the decision as a license for patent reformers to take a back seat in the legislative process.

You might expect me to tell you not to indulge in this, but I won't, because taking a couple of victory laps after years of struggling is not only fun, it's also well deserved.

Not exact matches

After a personal - best in sprinting to the state 400 - meter title in front of thousands of fans at the CIF State Track and Field Championships, Nia Dorner could have basked in the glow with a victory lap.

After a jubilant victory lap Johnson tried to be cool, saying this record shouldn't be regarded as eternal.

Shani Davis wasenjoying a victory lap shortly after winning the 1,000 meters last Saturdaynight when Erben Wennemars, the Dutchman who had finished third behind Davisand Joey Cheek of the U.S., offered a congratulatory hug.

After a brief error at Turn 9 and a few more charging laps, he gave up the chase with a few laps to go to finish a very disappointing second as a flawless Vettel cruised to his 48th victory and his 100th podium.

Torrence took about six lungfuls of righteous satisfaction and, after a victory lap, left to rest for a leg in the 4 X 400 relay.

«Second is the personal frustration of not being able to fight for podiums, for victories and sometimes not even delivering what you are able to do because after 10 laps there are some problems so you need to de-tune a little bit the engine, batteries or something.

After a couple of multi-car incidents and a controversial last lap, Austin Dillon took the legendary No. 3 car to victory lane

Just 20 laps after his spin he took the lead from Andretti, this time for good, and romped home to score a dramatic and famous victory in a race that has since become known as the «spin and win».

Damon Hill took victory after teammate Alain Prost had an engine failure with a few laps to go, delaying his fourth championship until the next round in Portugal.

After April 1, Cuomo should eschew his usual statewide budget victory lap and instead outfit that RV with new signage.

After a few victory laps, the GOP pulled off the biggest bait and switch ever, making fools of the electorate.

De Blasio took a victory lap this week after winning important changes to zoning laws, but whether affordable housing will boom in the city may depend on factors beyond his control — including the actions of Cuomo.

Trump Greeted by Protesters During Fundraising Event by David Greene President Donald Trump returned home briefly for a victory lap as he attended three campaign fundraisers in Manhattan, just hours after Senate Republicans passed the first tax overhaul in 30 -LSB-...]

Surrounded by friends, family and supporters at Tony's Pizzeria, the 33 - year - old Democrat took a victory lap moments after receiving a concession call from Republican rival Ron Polacco.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took a victory lap this week after winning important changes to zoning laws, but whether affordable housing will boom in the city may depend on factors beyond his control, including the actions of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«After the attorney general absolved Hillary Clinton and said there were no criminal penalties that she would be held accountable for, she goes and basically takes a victory lap with President Obama,» Paterson said on John Catsimatidis» 970 - AM radio show.

Former Democrat Governor David Paterson called out Hillary Clinton on Sunday for taking a «victory lap» after being cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the e-mail scandal that has dogged her for months.

After running 115 miles during 8 weeks of training, I ran my «victory lap» at the Urban Cow Half Marathon with 13.1 miles!

Apart from Insidious: The Last Key, which dropped to No. 5 and $ 12.45 million after its No. 2 opening last week, the rest of the Top 10 was filled out with holiday holdovers and blockbuster victory laps, including The Greatest Showman (No. 4, $ 12.5 million), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (No. 6, $ 12.1 million), Pitch Perfect 3 (No. 9, $ 6 million), and The Darkest Hour (No. 10, $ 4.5 million).

It doesn't hurt that the success of the film's young stars mirrors that of their characters — although its production was preordained, «Catching Fire» itself could have been just as much of a victory lap as the tour that Katniss and Peeta take after winning Hunger Games.

Fourteen months after Call Me by Your Name made its Sundance Film Festival debut, director Luca Guadagnino and stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer enjoyed a final victory lap for the film on Wednesday evening.

The British ace tentatively nursed the # 64 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R to the finish and, after 337 laps of the 8.46 mile Circuit de la Sarthe, achieved his fifth class victory at Le Mans and the first win for Corvette Racing since 2011.

The Corvette factory driver claimed the lead of the twice round the clock race just 15 laps after the lights went green and kept the SRT Corvette in contention for victory until the 22nd hour and an engine problem.

The Spaniard continued to lead and had to withstand a final one lap dash to victory after a full course yellow with seven minutes remaining — ironically caused by Magnussen and Garcia's teammate Oliver Gavin who crashed.

Our alternative term for semi-retirement or encore careers is the Victory Lap: that stage of life after traditional salaried corporate employment but before the traditional full - stop retirement that used to occur — often rather suddenly — at age 65.

Sara Cwynar's solo booth with Toronto - based gallery Cooper Cole is a victory lap for the artist after her recent solo show at Chelsea's Foxy Production, which was reviewed very favorably in the New York Times by Roberta Smith.

After three decades as masked crusaders for gender and racial equality in the art world — and increasingly, everywhere else — the Guerrilla Girls have lately been enjoying a victory lap.

The convention should have been a victory lap for Jason Kenney after forcing the merger of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties and winning the new party's leadership.

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