Sentence examples for a favored weapon from inspiring English sources

Self-mockery, a rarity among Russian celebrities, is a favored weapon.

On Thursday, Mr. Bloomberg delivered a rousing endorsement of his own performance with a favored weapon: data.

An I.E.D., or improvised explosive device, is the military's term for a roadside bomb, a favored weapon of the insurgents.

He is again secretary of defense, and woe betide the brass hat who tries an end run to lobby for a favored weapon.

British sports officials responsible for the long-pastoral game of cricket are worried that the "yob problem" - the hooligan fan behavior that has made British soccer notorious - is spreading to the gentler field of wickets and spinners, with racial abuse a favored weapon of the perpetrators.

Work requirements for Medicaid have become a favored weapon wielded against the program by conservatives.

Mortars have been an increasingly favored weapon, commanders say, because they allow the attackers to remain five to seven miles from the targets.

The analysis is a partial estimate of the damage wrought by Obama's favored weapon of war, a tool he and his administration describe as far more precise than more familiar instruments of land or air power.

Secretary Gates has now officially rattled Washington with his surprisingly wide set of cuts to congressionally favored weapon systems and a shifting of priorities on the type of war to fight.

At 6 feet 6 inches, del Potro serves cannons, but his sweeping flat forehand is his favored weapon, and his two-handed backhand is rock-solid.

The favored weapon of choice in 2012 was the bow and arrow, thanks to Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games), Merida (Brave) and Hawkeye (The Avengers).