Sentences with phrase «victory lap for»

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.

(It's also a Whitney victory lap for the artist, who was included in both the 2004 and 2014 editions of the museum's biennial.)

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.

The 2013 Charlotte (N.C.) Heart Walk turned into a three - mile victory lap for Karen Hill and her dog, Lika.

These ALEC members are taking a victory lap for diverting money from public schools to the for - profit gateway drug of charter schools leading to private schools funded entirely with public money.

Even though the latter's Oscar competition is now even further in the dust, its safest - bet - of - the - night odds to win the big prize will still be an exciting victory lap for its never - awarded legend screenwriter James Ivory.

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 film is more of a victory lap for those dedicated viewers who really wanted to see Ana and Christian in marriage.

An expansion pack masquerading as a sequel that feels like a victory lap for a team operating somewhere close to the peak of its powers.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are set to tour the districts as their victory lap for having won the 74th Hunger Games, even though the trip involves rubbing their win in the noses of the family and friends of the fallen contestants from the other sectors.

This year was supposed to be a victory lap for Jóhann Jóhannsson.

Gaining some perspective, all this really is is a victory lap for someone incredibly wealthy and successful.

What began, however glossily, as an ambiguity - laced power struggle between two people from separate social and sexual worlds has devolved into a far less intriguing victory lap for an exquisite couple that wants, and can afford, most of the same things — at least until the pesky matter of baby - making gets in the way.

Once again playing the anti-hero, Imperial Dreams is another victory lap for this young actor, who's going to go on to do big, big things.

Having already received the Queens County endorsement his appearance was, at least in part, a victory lap for Paul Massey.

It was a victory lap for Mayor Bill de Blasio, celebrating what some have called the biggest legislative achievement of his tenure so far.

The speech was equal parts victory lap for the off - cycle election success, touting of his first 11 months and a call to «think big» on issues like rebuilding the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The wage - hike event doubled as a victory lap for Cuomo and a campaign rally for Clinton ahead of New York's April 19 primary election.

Then, Thiel emerged as the secret financial backer of a controversial lawsuit by wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media over a sex tape and took a victory lap for his successful attack and crowed that it was philanthropic.

And the president - elect in a meeting on Wednesday with top technology executives took a victory lap for the market's recent run,

Not exact matches

The Ron Paul convention delegates should also «take a victory lap» for the influence they've had on the party, Bachmann said.

Then, with his Pokémon collection complete (or at least as complete as possible), the couple will fly to Tokyo for a few days for a victory lap and some vacation time.

Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe) and Chairman of HP Inc. (hpq), will initiate a search for a replacement (if she hasn't already), find one, and take a victory lap before departing.

There also needs to be an opportunity for the departing legend to complete a victory lap.

9:44 p.m. CST... With total GMV for the sale edging toward $ 13 billion, Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang just finished a media briefing that was not quite a victory lap but was close to one.

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.

It was just the other day I was desperate for a festive summer dessert for my fitness savvy friends, when I created this golden pie and took a victory lap!

With 10 laps to go, Vettel said that his tyres were still in a fit state in order to deter Mercedes and Bottas from pushing for victory.

It proved too much for him, but Eleanor Bolton pounded round the peculiar 3 3/4 laps, taking a needed track victory for the women.

On the final lap Bottas had a bit of a look at a lunge into Turn 1, but the Ferrari had just enough left in its tyres to hold on for Vettel to take victory in his 200th grand prix start.

With the Heat in a spot to make the playoffs, but not necessarily ready to battle for a top spot, it will give Wade the freedom to do a victory lap of sorts.

Leading when a caution waved 41 laps from the finish, Jeff Gordon threw away a potential victory when he incurred a penalty for speeding on pit road.

The next week he spun Matt Kenseth out of the lead with five laps remaining at Kansas, and last Sunday Logano scored a controversial victory (not of his doing) that prevented Dale Earnhardt Jr. from advancing to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff.

But all eyes are on Harvick, crew chief Rodney Childers and Stewart - Haas Racing for reasons beyond overpowering victories that saw Harvick lead 67 percent of the combined laps run at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The stoop - shouldered 78 - year - old in the blue suit took a lap around the winning locker room last Saturday night at Heinz Field, shaking hands with every one of the 45 Steelers who'd suited up for the exhilarating 31 — 24 AFC divisional playoff victory over the Ravens.

The battle for victory went right down to the final corner of the final lap but the best thing of all is that it was between the two championship challengers Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez.

But the same couldn't be said for their F1 commentators on the final lap of the Russian GP at the Sochi Autodrom, as Valtteri Bottas stormed to victory.

The field was so competitive, it was hard to pin - point who the contenders were for victory until the last few laps.

So today's 6 Hours of Fuji was particularly nuts as the race for overall victory went down to the final lap.

Aston Martin and Corvette were fighting for victory right up until the final lap of the Le Mans 24 Hours

He chose to miss Monaco and go to Indy instead (Alonso will be the first person to do this since Clark), where he qualified second, led for 190 of the 200 laps and took victory in his Lotus 38 - the first ever mid-engined victory at the Indy 500.

Who'd have thought ex-F1 star Max Chilton would be in content for victory right at the end, and James Davison — replacement for Sebastien Bourdais — also spent a few laps out front.

It was particularly sweet for Sato who came desperately close to winning the race in 2012 but crashed on the final lap when making a move for the race victory.

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.

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».

In Germany Fisichella was battling Berger for the win but got a puncture, and Hill's heartbreaking car problem in the closing laps of the Hungarian Grand Prix saw his 30 second lead disappear in just a few laps as Villeneuve snatched victory on the last lap.

Race three of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia finished in dramatic style with four cars fighting it out for victory in the final laps.

Going onto the last lap four drivers - Dan Cammish, Ayhancan Güven, Alessio Rovera and Dino Zamparelli - found themselves battling it out for the victory, and as you'd expect there was plenty of action.

It was a slightly fortunate win, sure, but Verstappen had shown his mettle by calmly holding off Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari for several laps to take the victory, aged just 18 years and 228 days, in the process setting a record that is going to take some serious beating.