Sentence examples for a combative position from inspiring English sources

And a combative position on the world stage, including a belligerent relationship with many longtime foreign allies.

This is not the first time he and the company have taken a combative position: in 2009, St . Judequit the industry trade group AdvaMed because Mr. Starks argued that the group's stance on health care reform was placing some device makers like St . Judeat a disadvantage to others.

But he presses that position without a combative stance toward Border Patrol, whom he describes as unfairly caught in the middle of America's toxic immigration politics.

Nevertheless, on the domestic front at least the independent senator has staked out a much more combative position on Wall Street and wealth inequality than many others within the Democratic Party.

I was reminded of Ballard's somewhat combative position by a 2008 New York Times op-ed by Steven Millhauser (which I came to via Charles May's excellent blog, Reading the Short Story).

A greater threat to the firm arises from Exxon's combative position on climate change.

Dr. John Gottman, a world-renowned relationship expert, claims that a pattern of avoidance can be far more destructive to a relationship than the volatility that can sometimes erupt when couples find themselves locked in combative positions.

Derek Nepinak, a Manitoba chief and the ever-aggressive rebel to Atleo, said it was "nothing short of coercion and racialized policy implementation,"but his position may be political gamesmanship as he positions himself as a combative alternative to Atleo's more diplomatic leadership.

He is a combative and aggressive negotiator for the owners, who has laid out the NBA position publicly in an attempt to get fans angry at players for their large salaries.

As a decorated Korean War veteran and civil rights advocate, he became a combative and irrepressible voice for liberal causes and, in 2007, snared one of the most powerful positions in Congress, the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.

The Kurds are a combative people.