Sentence examples for battered franchise from inspiring English sources
Morgan Stanley says it needs more time to reshape its battered franchise.
That includes making more cuts in branches and staff (branches have already fallen from about 1,500 to 1,200), controlling their tempo so that the bank can reap savings without battering its franchise.
The franchise, battered by a sexual-harassment case, could use his pristine image and his ties to better times.
A dreamy drive through mid-century cinema, accompanied by some little-heard pop'n'soul classics, or Michael Bay and a massive toy franchise battering your multiplex choices into submission?
Minaya spoke at the end of a trying afternoon for a franchise whose image has been battered by a collapse that saw the Mets squander a seven-game lead in the National League East with only 17 games to play.
LuAnn also commented on how sad she was that cast member of the Beverly Hills "Housewives" franchise, Taylor Armstrong, was selling shocking images of herself battered and bruised.
"The Miami Dolphins are a once proud sports franchise and despite your efforts to the contrary, we now find this organization battered, bruised and disrespected everywhere," part of the petition reads.
They battered Buffalo, 38-7, completing a season with at least 11 victories for the fourth time in franchise history and the first time since 1998.
In Branson's home base, the U.K., his Virgin empire is being battered from all sides, from its squabbles with Rupert Murdoch over satellite TV to loss of a cross-country rail franchise.
Was Sylvia Plath a battered wife?
