Sentence examples for a major wave from inspiring English sources

Since last Thursday a major wave of sabotage swept Cuba.

A major wave of cities taking on global roles unfolded in the aftermath of the second world war.

To cope, Goldman is carrying out a major wave of cost-cutting, laying off workers and reducing operating expenses by 14 percent last year.

That was essentially the message to Wall Street and the media industry yesterday as a federal appeals court in Washington unleashed what is expected to be a major wave of deal making, with the titans of the television business snapping up their smaller brethren.

Although these exact numbers are disputed, many biologists agree that the world is witnessing a major wave of extinctions caused by human beings: by changes wrought in the environment by the population explosion, by industrial and agricultural development and by climate change.

Bob Hawke's government announced it was because "Australia could be on the threshold of a major wave of unauthorised boat arrivals from south-east Asia, which will severely test both our resolve and our capacity to ensure that immigration in this country is conducted within a planned and controlled framework".

As reports emerge, today's attack paints a picture of businesses and governments around the world held hostage by a second major wave of ransomware, a kind of software that hijacks computerized systems and demands payment, often in bitcoin, to unlock them.

A second major wave of workhouse construction began in the mid-1860s, the result of a damning report by the Poor Law inspectors on the conditions found in infirmaries in London and the provinces.

But a second major wave of investigative activity resulted from the other major remaining task: to speak with every person who crossed Mr. Loughner's path, each of whom seemed to suggest several other leads to run down — a ballooning effort to make sure investigators did not miss anything important.

"We look at social commerce now as a fourth major wave".

They were followed by a second major wave precipitated by the Portugal Adil Shahi wars between 1570 and 1579.