Sentence examples for attempting to hijack the from inspiring English sources

The Republican Party is attempting to hijack the presidency.

Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, accused the Police Federation of attempting to hijack the issue.

During a conversation with me, the former Saudi diplomat accused Nasrallah of attempting "to hijack the state," but he also objected to the Lebanese and Saudi sponsorship of Sunni jihadists in Lebanon.

Gen Jackson is among a group of distinguished former military leaders who have warned against the extremists attempting to "hijack" the reputation of the armed forces "for their dubious ends".

When several retired service chiefs, including General Sir Mike Jackson and General Sir Richard Dannett, pointed this out and objected to the far right attempting to "hijack" the achievements of the armed forces, Nick Griffin went berserk.

Several sources in Washington who have discussed the matter with Mike Catanzaro, the Trump Administration official who dealt with Icahn, told me that, once he and Gary Cohn had concluded that Icahn was attempting to hijack the policy process, they put a stop to it.

One of the nation's most powerful factions — the country's drug lords — had attempted to hijack the process.

"If there are right-handed lifeforms out there, many of them will be viruses – which will attempt to hijack the DNA of our bionic cells," adds Sasselov.

English rugby chiefs offered a polite "thanks but no thanks" after Wales attempted to hijack the 2015 World Cup pool matches by making the Millennium Stadium a major focal point for the tournament.

The pirates hit the headlines a little over three years ago, on November 5 2005, when they attempted to hijack the cruise liner Seabourn Spirit some 75 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.

"You had a situation where people attempted to hijack the contract, and that is Jet Center and some people working at the Port Authority," Mr. D'Amato said yesterday in a telephone interview.