Sentence examples for about the fait from inspiring English sources

They were unable to do anything about the fait accompli that had been handed to them, because they strongly desired to win the Vietnam War and needed to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

There is separate discussion about the corps illegally discharging into federally protected wetlands, but the effort to stop the fait accompli of destruction of historical and sacred sites is the main issue here.

Colin Powell was stunned when he learned of the fait accompli.

And the fait maison law is unlikely to help much.

Ebert, fearing that extremists would take charge, accepted the fait accompli.

The type of crisis the French prefer is the fait divers: shocking and scandalous news item.

France and Great Britain protested against the methods used by Hitler but accepted the fait accompli.

Will the fait maison regime be tough enough to tell them?

What Levinas calls the fait accompli of contemporary bourgeois culture.

Hitler instead presented Göring with the fait accompli of Speer's appointment.

Within a month or two a pro forma DOE "show vote" makes the fait accompli official.