Sentences with phrase «victory laps»

Too many unsupported assertions and victory laps («exceptional communications skills, outsold the world's workforce») rise to uncertain clouds like hot air balloons.

Victory laps are obnoxious, but sometimes they are needed for posterity.

This led to Cambridge Analytica saying afterwards, according to a resentful former senior Trump technology staffer, «Look, I'm not saying they lied but for Cambridge Analytica to run victory laps and claim they won the election for Trump is a huge exaggeration.»

I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps.

If you stick to your plan and keep a steady pace, chances are you'll be one of the first to reach the finish line and you'll still have the energy to make a few victory laps.

Ending the War on Skeptics» in November again filled with Greenshirt victory laps but the adoring board treats her like a skeptical hero.

With Sony and Nintendo all but running victory laps, what can Microsoft do to get back in the game?

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.

Borla equipped racers have earned more victory laps than any other exhaust brand — making Borla the number - one choice for championship racing teams around the globe.

And with this many Justice League members coming together for a non-Justice League film, I can't help but speculate they are overloading themselves in an attempt to catch up to Marvel, who is practically doing victory laps these days.

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).

Sometimes, though, the victory laps begin as early as the first time a future legend loses out on an Oscar, and then another, and then another, at which point it's only a matter of time until AMPAS gives said legend his or her so - called due.

Usually the victory laps that play out on the stage of the Academy Awards are kicked into motion as early as a year prior to the ceremony, when a film, say, premieres at a festival and the media's whipped - up buzz incentivizes a studio to get to work on an awards campaign.

Lawmakers, many of whom agreed to be interviewed only on condition that their names not be used, are particularly perturbed by what they see as Bharara's penchant for victory laps.

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

Trump's base was already taking victory laps.

Jones knows from victory laps.

Now, with his wish set to come true, Pai has been running a victory lap.

Andrew Medal sits down with rapper Nipsey Hussle to discuss how gang life catapulted his success, his latest album «Victory Lap» and his various businesses, including a blockchain - specific startup.

The president said he was pleased with the response so far, but it was too soon to take a victory lap.

Ron Paul is back in Iowa today, taking a victory lap around the state before voters head to the caucuses tomorrow night.

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

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

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.

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO takes a victory lap, builds a nationwide charging network, and alludes to a new mind - blowing form of rapid transit.

Trump used the decision to take something resembling a victory lap, saying at a press conference at one of his golf courses in Scotland: «It's always the will of the people.

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.

Even if the network does pull the plug next spring, the gang at Greendale Community College will enjoy a healthy victory lap in reruns.

«We're going to see something that's going to be very special,» Trump said during a White House victory lap.

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

Don't Count Your Chickens: President Trump's celebration of North Korea's «denuclearization» is premature, argues Stephen F. Hayes — and it's not the first time he's taken an early victory lap.

It was part history lesson and part victory lap on the rise of the low - cost investing revolution:

In Bezos's most recent shareholder letter, he took something of a victory lap — and revealed one of the most prized secrets in the business world.

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.

On staying in your lane: If you've stuck it out in stocks it's OK to take a victory lap and pat yourself on the back.

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.

He sits on the sidelines during the victory lap because he refused to be involved in the game.

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!

At 2:17 a.m., Suhr and White arrive, and they smile as they take their victory lap.

We would be waiting to see the trophy and perhaps the victory lap pass by Hendon.

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.

It's perfectly fine if this is the end: A-Rod is one of the greatest players in baseball history, a lightning rod in the industry well before PEDs ever came up, and he did his time when he was caught with them, anyway — well, when MLB obstructed a federal investigation to make sure he was caught with them so Bud Selig could use his last year as commissioner as a victory lap, but who remembers such unimportant details?

As was when he stopped his car on the front straightway on his celebratory victory lap, then got out and slapped the rear windshield while pointing at the grandstands.

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.

Only in hindsight can it be seen as a victory lap, beginning in Los Angeles and circling back there four months and thousands of miles later.

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

His prayerful, weary 12 - minute victory lap included a trip into the stands to embrace his mother, Gladys, and his wife, Myrella.

He was uninformed about the tragedy and told on his victory lap not to pull into the winner's circle and instead come down pit road and stop.

Barring some big catastrophe, Froome will win this year's Tour de France and take a victory lap in Paris.