Sentences with phrase «won sweeping victories»

Returning to the same south Texas courthouse where a Texas - led coalition won a sweeping victory against a key immigration policy of the Obama Administration more than three years ago, Texas and some of its former allies moved on Tuesday to scuttle the last remaining part of that policy — the so - called «DACA» program.

Opponents to the coalition's bid to introduce more competition into the NHS had won a sweeping victory, but Labour's fight against the reforms appears to be far from over.

The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 277 seats in the Bundestag to win the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election.

Five days later, Foley Hoag won a sweeping victory against China on behalf of the Philippines regarding control of the South China Sea in an arbitration pursuant to Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Not exact matches

This Week is delivering its strongest performance in five years and won the May sweep in adults 25 - 54 — its first sweeps victory in the key news demo in nearly 21 years.

In Tuesday's comprehensive rout, Republicans won in places where Democrats were favored, taking a Senate race in North Carolina, pulled out victories where the going was tough, like a Senate battle in Kansas, and swept a number of governors» races in states where Democrats were favored, including Obama's home state of Illinois.

In a Fenway Park rarity, Boston got a pair of complete - game victories while sweeping a doubleheader from Texas, Reggie Cleveland prevailing 3 - 2 and Luis Tiant tossing a three - hitter while winning 2 - 0.

Don Sutton won his 11th in that game, Burt Hooton also won his 11th in an 8 - 2 defeat of the Cubs that completed a three - game sweep, and Tommy John raised his record to 12 - 7 with a 7 - 3 victory over the Pirates.

And while the Blue Raiders don't own a true name brand win, their three best victories, a sweep of No. 44 Western Kentucky and road win over 47th - ranked OVC champ Murray State, are better than anything Louisville has on its profile.

Even though Middle has a road win 47th - ranked OVC champ Murray State and a sweep of No. 39 Western Kentucky, those victories didn't resonate with the Committee.

Atletico, winners of the Europa League in 2010 and 2012, have now won their last six home games in all competitions without conceding a single goal after easing to another comfortable victory, secured by Koke sweeping home Juanfran's cutback.

Jeremy Corbyn has proven his election - winning credentials by sweeping to victory in the Parliamentary Beard of the Year contest.

Labour's new candidate, Debbie Abrahams, does not deliver the usual confident prediction of a sweeping victory when asked if she thinks she's going to win.

The «sweetest victory» of the Conservatives, as David Cameron put it on May 8th, and the sweeping landslide victory of the SNP, winning all but three of the Scottish seats, were indeed shocking wake - up calls for all those concerned about British politics.

A former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari swept to a historic election victory in March 2015 when he became the first opposition candidate to win a Nigerian presidential poll.

Democrats in East Hampton Town swept the races for town supervisor and town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor.

Lots of people and organizations are claiming victory this morning after seeing the results from yesterday's (extremely low turnout) primaries, and that includes the Working Families Party, which informed supporters (and reporters) in a late night email that its candidates had won a «clean sweep» of the party's «priority» contests.

Democrats in East Hampton Town swept the races for town supervisor and town board, with Peter Van Scoyoc winning a decisive victory over his opponent, Manny Vilar, in the race for supervisor, and his running mates, incumbent Councilwoman Kathee Burke - Gonzalez and Jeff Bragman, an attorney, handily winning their bids for two seats on the town board.

As the Times» David Chen and Megan Thee - Brenan put it, the latest survey «suggests that Mr. de Blasio could win the most sweeping victory in a mayor's race since 1985, when Edward I. Koch was re-elected to a third term with a crushing 68 - point margin of victory over his opponents.»

CNN: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins House seat in New York special election Democrat Kathy Hochul swept to victory Tuesday night in a closely watched Congressional election in New York state, which turned into a proxy battle on a House Republican proposal on Medicare.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito won her first significant victory on Wednesday, delivering on a campaign promise to members that she would approve a sweeping rules reform package to change the chamber's bylaws.

The source said that while most Democratic officials «think Hillary is going to win» a tight victory, he also cautioned that «We all talk to each other, and it's very possible that if there's a wave coming for Bernie that we don't see it and it could sweep Hillary away.»

Washington — While agreeing that President Reagan's sweeping re-election victory illustrated his broad popularity, Democrats and Republicans disagreed last week on whether the landslide win over Walter F. Mondale constitutes a mandate for the Administration's programs and whether it will help push Mr. Reagan's legislative agenda through the Congress.

CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: A Florida Sweep for No. 3 Corvette C7.R Briscoe, Garcia, Magnussen follow Rolex 24 win with Sebring 12 Hours victory

Mitsubishi Motors» banner year in racing includes Montero's domination of the Dakar Rally with a top - four sweep, a FIA World Class Cup Cross-Country Rally win and Lancer Evolution's victory in the WRC.

Having already taken victory at Daytona and Sebring in 2016, Gavin had hopes of making it a clean sweep with a second Le Mans win in as many years and the sixth of his career

Since that first race, the team has competed in more than 170 events around the globe with 102 victories worldwide — including five wins in 2016 that led to a sweep of IMSA GTLM Manufacturer's, Driver's and Team championships for a total of 11 Manufacturer titles for Chevrolet.

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The Dallas Morning News reports that the state ban on fracking bans won a «sweeping victory» with «overwhelming bipartisan support» in both of Texas» legislative houses.

Jermaine Dye, the World Series MVP, came through with the game - winning hit in our 1 - 0 Game 4 victory to sweep the Series.