Sentences with phrase «were closed in»

As a young woman said to me about her village, it is as if people were closed in on themselves, so self - absorbed that they were unaware of the other.

In fact, it's closing in on a level last seen toward the end of 2012, when Congress stared down the fiscal cliff, refusing to authorize a new debt limit.

As they typed and clicked, a chaotic scene unfolded on the gargantuan screens above them: A monk, an archer, and a swashbuckling lady assassin were closing in on a cyborg.

I'd complain bitterly to my dad about the soaring cost of tuition, which was closing in on $ 2,000 a year.

Though the pair were close in age and geography — they went to the same elementary and middle schools — they had never met before collaborating on this semi-biographical piece of work that has so resonated with audiences.

As 3 a.m. was closing in on election night, Ron Ferrance sat in a crowded party for local Republican volunteers in the small town of Dallas, Pennsylvania.

Lau shows us around the new headquarters and explains how he tries to «replicate his DNA» as the team grows (they're closing in on 100 employees) to keep Wattpad's spirit of open communication and transparency.

But here, too, Nike is closing in fast.

Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox are closing in on a deal, according to sources familiar with the matter.

«Some nights, they've had to walk perilous routes in the dark along the cliffs because he believed the authorities were closing in.

Key senators say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars to stiffen the immigration bill's border security requirements.

Office Depot reported quarterly sales fell 9 %, including a 6 % drop at stores excluding those that have been closed in the last year.

Although the price is closing in on around $ 11 a burger, there is still a ways to go.

After learning that Soviet forces were closing in on Berlin, Hitler and his wife killed themselves in his Führerbunker.

Thinking that unknown, possible hostile rivals might be closing in, the chimp's biological markers of stress duly jumped.

In the past nine months, LeCaptain's health - care - related company more than doubled in size and is closing in on $ 1 million in revenue this year.

IBM, perhaps the world's foremost innovator in computer translation, is closing in on true speech - to - speech translation as well.

«The walls are closing in,» a senior Republican with close ties to top staffers said in The Post.

Following Tuesday report that the two sides were closing in on a deal, the Financial Times suggested James Murdoch was «suggested» as a possible replacement for Iger in 2019.

Apple is closing in on its goal to double software and services revenue by 2020, posting a 31 percent jump for the segment in the March quarter.

(Republicans appeared to be closing in on a bill at press time.)

And as women in the U.S. have been closing in on men when it comes to the gender pay gap and traditionally - male occupations such as those in STEM, there are still many opportunities to come in breaking down gender stereotypes.

Less than a year later, it's closing in on $ 2.2 billion, if reports from buyout talks with Fox and Time Warner are to be believed.

This baby elephant got trapped on his back and lions were closing in — then another elephant family came along and saved his life ❤️

TAUSCHE: The one month delay applies to the European Union, as well as Canada and Mexico, which are closing in on a new NAFTA agreement with the U.S. Brazil, Argentina and Australia also got a delay in order to finalize the details of an agreement on quotas.

Kuaishou is closing in on an $ 18 bln valuation, just behind WeWork.

China was close in tow, but Africa was slow on the uptake and comprised only a small percentage of global growth.

Lehman Brothers, for example, has reportedly been closing in on a sublease deal for 1271 Sixth Avenue for about 400,000 square feet.

Sure, we're closing in on full employment, but the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE, is below their 2 percent inflation target and slowing.

The investment is expected to be closed in January.

I'm closing in on a $ 1,000 / month average though.

Dozens of stores will be closed in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, along with a few stores in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Timeline is closer in my view - before end of year.

I'm hearing that rent for a Mountain View apartment near Castro Street is closing in on SF SOMA prices, which I find ludicrous.

This difference is closing in on the higher end of the percentage value, which has led to a correction in the past.

After trading as low as US$ 27 a barrel in mid-February, the price of West Texas Intermediate, a grade of light, sweet crude used as a North American benchmark, is closing in on US$ 50 a barrel in the wake of several supply outages around the globe and renewed optimism in some quarters about a re-balancing of a previously over-supplied market.

Inflation is closing in on the Federal Reserve's 2 % target, gasoline is heading toward $ 3 a gallon, and companies are reporting cost pressures.

$ 1,500.00 is significant, and it is closing in, fast.

By Dan Prescher, International Living I'm closing in on what for me is an important goal... a three - bag lifestyle.

PS Just heard that the Discussion forums at TMF are closing in a few weeks.

Now, not all loans will be closed in 30 days.

SaaS stocks continue to move higher, and the EV / S multiples for the 55 biggest stocks stand at 7.2 x and are closing in on a five - year peak of 8.8 x, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Nordstrom family members are closing in on an agreement with a private equity firm to assist in a buyout of the luxury...

German publishing giant Axel Springer is closing in on buying Business Insider, in a deal that would value the Web publisher at around $ 560 million.

The Nasdaq 100 Index has finished at all - time highs 62 different times this year, on par with the most ever in 1999, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are closing in on history, too.»

Signs that U.S. political leaders may be closing in on a budget deal to avoid the so - called «fiscal cliff» boosted Asian stock markets Thursday.

Zooming out to the daily time frame reveals that price is closing in on a major area of interest.

Every time a contract is closed in your CRM, do you have to double enter that same information all over again in QuickBooks?

Of all the writers covered in this book, Chesterton and Belloc were the closest in sympathy and conviction; nevertheless, George Bernard Shaw's «Chesterbelloc» would have been a creature with a violent mood disorder.

The Jews history to manipulate and to achieve their objectives has not chanced, in fact by analyzing the State of Israel today, we see that they are a closed in society prisoners within their own castle, surrounded by a concrete wall.