Sentence examples for avoiding a challenge from inspiring English sources

They are interested, primarily, in avoiding a challenge in the next election from an N.R.A.-backed candidate.

Avoiding a challenge is normal.

Paul's endorsement was seen as a major win for McConnell in avoiding a challenge in the Republican primary.

To avoid a challenge, he met with Labour MPs and promised to change the way he led.

Hoping to avoid a challenge from Johnson & Johnson over the change-in-control clause, Merck devised an unusual strategy called a reverse-merger agreement.

The Freitas clan's method for training its members in battle, it seemed, was to find some fool without allies or the brains to avoid a challenge, then send their youngest fighter with any chance at all into the ring.

It asks students to question why they are not taking traditional subjects: "Are you trying to avoid a challenge?" It states that while there is no "set definition" of a "hard" or "soft" subject, so-called "hard" subjects are like the ones the top universities prefer and are more theoretical.

Huddersfield Giants avoided a Challenge Cup upset, turning around a half-time deficit against Championship side Batley to book a place in round five.

Congress let the tax expire in 1872, possibly avoiding a fatal challenge to its constitutionality.

Democrats, who controlled this year's redistricting because of their majority in the Legislature, decided to solidify their hold on existing seats instead of trying to create more Democratic districts, avoiding a Republican challenge.

American and Egyptian officials say that such considerations are all part of a carefully calibrated process aimed at avoiding a direct challenge to Mr. Mubarak's unwavering belief that if you make concessions — like tendering a resignation — in the face of pressure, you invite more demands.