Sentence examples for a potential controversy from inspiring English sources

A throw from the first baseman sailed off target as the winning run scored, eliminating a potential controversy.

The decision shuts down a potential controversy that threatened to overshadow the 100-year anniversary of the first 500.

News International, under which Murdoch's four London newspapers operated, calmed a potential controversy by assuring Parliament that "a full rigorous internal inquiry" had determined that these were isolated acts.

Ayari, a 32-year-old from Tunisia who now lives in Huntington, N.Y., cleared up the confusion and a potential controversy by surging past Dowling at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two miles from the finish.

In doing so, she defused a potential controversy that may have pursued her through the primaries, even though O'Malley has all but called her a flip-flopper of convenience.

But instead of heading off a potential controversy through her quiet departure, Ms. Drygalla has become the focus of a national debate, her romantic choices dissected in leading newspapers and on television broadcasts.

Emery sustained a groin injury in late April, eliminating any potential controversy over who would be in net for the playoffs.

Brown played down any potential controversy at quarterbacks.

Backing away from any potential controversy, Mr. Amiel maintained that his film did not take sides.

Mr. Obama's team said it was satisfied that the concessions Mr. Clinton made should defuse any potential controversy.

One thing that game didn't include was a number of Galaxy starters, as Bruce Arena chose to leave David Beckham, Todd Dunivant and Robbie Keane in Los Angeles - a decision that clearly irked some of the Sounders players when I spoke to them after the game - though Sigi Schmid was careful not to enter any potential controversy about Arena's decision.