Sentence examples for a pair of mainstream from inspiring English sources

This was an unusually interesting speech, especially during this dreary runup to a general election struggle between a pair of mainstream parties spooked by poor polls, fast-changing politics and insurgent forces to left and right.

and Bob Menendez (N.J ., as well as independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, opposed the latest shipment ― as did a surprising pair of mainstream Republicans, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind).

Nothing would more delight a leader who denounces the unchanging face of the political elite than to be up against exactly the same pair of mainstream candidates whom she faced in 2012.

To wander from "Tree of Life" and "The Future" to "The Help" might seem like comparing a mainstream, wide-release apple to a pair of hothouse oranges.

Cue the innuendo, the salacious follow-ups and the specter of mainstream media outlets picking up the item with a pair of tweezers.

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Back in February, Diplo's mainstream award aspirations prevailed when he finally scooped up a pair of Grammys as half of Jack Ü before performing live on national television.

With this history, one can understand why 2004 was such a bad-karma campaign year for the mainstream media, which collectively felt both more harshly attacked and less important — a pair of misfortunes that rarely occur at the same time.

Among my prized artifacts from that epoch is my old Harper Colophon paperback copy, missing its back cover, of "Into the Mainstream," a 1967 collection of essay-interviews with Latin American writers by a pair of amateur literary enthusiasts.

A pair of friends.

A pair of shoes?