Sentences with phrase «whack at»

Madonna had another whack at her favourite sport — controversy — by posting this pic of herself on Instagram.

But the hurt remains, if Zuckerberg's much - delayed response is any indication, which came after current Apple CEO Tim Cook took a pretty standard whack at him in an hour - long interview I did with MSNBC's Chris Hayes (and which is set to air in full this Friday night on the cable network).

But now with enough of these studies in the bank, a group of researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory decided to take another whack at a national estimate.

We'll dive into this one later in the week, and shine a light on a process that's sure to generate sparks in the year ahead — in part because it's a complex issue with real challenges, but also because Fabius only took a whack at the illusion.

It's no wonder Nintendo almost called him Jumpman, but we're glad they took another whack at naming their soon - to - be mascot.

Ready at Dawn has experiencing developing for the PS4 as well as playing in the Jak and Daxter sandbox, so they would be prime for taking another whack at the universe.

Its balance sheet just seems a bit out of whack at the moment.

You tee up your ball on a mat and whack it at your target.

Particularly when I saw how much more story there was to be told, and how little The Godfather had touched on the glory years of the mob in the late 1950's, I was thrilled to have the chance to take a whack at all of that.

Producing 200kW from its locally - built 5.0 - litre V8, it was no longer a Monaro (and copped a fair whack at the time for being — four - speed — automatic - only) but independent rear suspension modernised its handling.

Meredith: It's interesting to me that he didn't go after Pell grants directly, more of a back door whack at college access for low - income students.

: It's interesting to me that he didn't go after Pell grants directly, more of a back door whack at college access for low - income students.

Since they say they can't handle them, nor can they correct them, let us take a whack at it.»

Public education is the piata of society; everybody takes a whack at us.

To further that extent, many trap effects can be compounded to ensure that when the big damage traps take a whack at them, they'll go down for sure.

Seth MacFarlane is taking another whack at the movie making business with A Million Ways To Die In The West.

Twenty years on, he takes another whack at explaining the inexplicable.

Rodriguez does leave a certain creative stamp on the movie; I suspect he took a whack at the script, which bears evidence of his trademark pithy dialogue.

Most every fashion blogger is sharing their Fall preview of styles for the AW season so I thought I'd take a whack at it with footwear.

If 65 % is perfect, how can the current AMDR for fat have gotten soooo far out of whack at 20 - 35 %?

The Center for Genetics and Society in Berkeley, California, also took whack at 23andMe.

«We have to take a whack at it,» the Nevada Democrat told the Associated Press in an interview, explaining that failure to act «would be neglectful.»

Biologists have taken another whack at the human ego, showing that our brain's cerebral cortex — the seat of higher thought — is eerily similar to a clump of neurons inside the head of the lowly marine ragworm.

The Riverdale Press takes a whack at the Parks Department with three stories (here, here and here) about long - delayed park projects.

New York voters seldom get the chance to take a real whack at cleaning out their scandal - rotted Legislature.

He's taken a bigger whack at mandates than anyone I've ever seen.»

Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton took another whack at Trump, telling a roomful of Muslim - American officers the GOP presidential nominee «denigrates» their contributions to the community.

In that time, the city's two tabloids, the New York Post and the Daily News, have taken every opportunity to whack at Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. for his opposition to the project, which gave the necessary juice to a community and labor - backed effort to defeat it in the City Council.

With the Foley scandal, the Democrats have a chance to take a whack at one of the sweetest hanging curve balls ever wafted across the slime - caked plate.

Her whack at his announcing before the job is «open» also brought to some minds the letter below dated April 6 soliciting support from state Democratic Committee members for her own campaign.

That's why the owners are determined to take a significant whack at that 57 %.

About 50 yards in front of the 9th tee, one of the guys tossed a ball on the ground, handed me a seven - iron and told me to take a whack at it.

So now I'm taking a second whack at it, and I can't wait to master it!

KKR & Co took a $ 3.05 billion whack at Treasury Wine Estates while the company was reeling from the fallout of impairments and mismanagement in its United States business.

Yeh, Shack, I'll take a whack at that one.

The beatitude that follows is not meant as a whack at Thomas, the doubter.

She attends a national meeting of bridal consultants where attendees can take a whack at a piñata representing «the bride from hell,» travels to Aruba to learn about «destination weddings,» and visits struggling downtown Hebron, Wisconsin, where a financially strapped Methodist church is marketing itself as a wedding venue called «Chapel on the Hill.»

Sounds like the author is just trying to take another whack at Christianity.

Or would you rather we quit and let them have another whack at us?

The budget that President Donald Trump proposed Monday takes a hard whack at the poorest Americans, slashing billions of dollars from food stamps, public health insurance and federal housing vouchers, while trying to tilt the programs in more conservative directions.

When the Associated Press manufactured and distributed a story about insurgents capturing Havana, The New York Sun took a whack at the AP, running the headline «FAKE NEWS FACTORY.»

-- Antoine Martin, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, penned an op - ed that takes a whack at Bitcoin.

David's been tossing the baby out with the bathwater and whacking at the tarbaby for as long as I've followed his critique.

While it roasted, I whisked up a sauce of tahini, lemon, garlic, and olive oil, drained a can of chickpeas, and took a few whacks at a bunch of cilantro, and meanwhile, oh my, the house even warmed a little.

Oh and here's a tip, if you forget to take your butter out of the fridge to soften it, just take a couple whacks at it with a rolling pin like this.....

Orr and Lonsberry had whacked at the puck, and it dropped to the ice just inside the Boston blue line.

If it was a stick whacking at the puck I'd be ok with it.

Lundqvist stopped the initial shot by Nail Yakupov, but the puck dropped to the goalie's left and Patrick Nemeth and Duchene both took whacks at the puck with Duchene putting it in.

He took a couple of whacks at it after Varlamov fumbled Taylor Hall's initial shot, and the second one went in.

A teammate follows up and whacks at the rebound, but the goalie gets a hold of the puck and doesn't let go.