Sentence examples for bitter challenge from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kan, generally seen as favoring free markets, held on to his job in an intraparty election after a bitter challenge from his rival Ichiro Ozawa, who had loudly demanded a Chinese-style policy of currency intervention to keep the value of the yen low.

By James Thurber The New Yorker, September 3, 1938 P. 9 On a building in the Picadilly region, London, a few weeks ago a travellor came upon this bitter challenge, scrawled in large letters: "Mrs. Chamberlain must go!" View Article By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By Andy Borowitz By John Cassidy.

After a bitter challenge season that knocked more than 60 candidates off the ballot, about a third of the remaining ones who are participating in the public financing program cannot campaign as vigorously as they would like because they will not get their matching funds until four days before the primary -- if they get them at all.

By James Thurber The New Yorker, September 3, 1938 P. 9 On a building in the Picadilly region, London, a few weeks ago a travellor came upon this bitter challenge, scrawled in large letters: "Mrs. Chamberlain must go!" View Article By Rivka Galchen By Zoë Heller By Jia Tolentino By Malcolm Gladwell.

The moderates faced bitter challenges from conservative candidates in 2012 and ultimately lost, unable to compete with the outside interest groups that poured $3 million to $8 million into conservative campaigns.

Because if we are honest, I think most of us wake up in the morning and, let's face it, no matter how much we count the day, the same bitter challenges we faced from the day before will probably be there the day after again to enslave us as is the ritual we have so valiantly manifested, minus a few variables.

Any contest is likely to trigger a bitter legal challenge.

On Tuesday, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, a Democrat who had hitched his star to the fortunes of President Obama, survived a bitter primary challenge.

Brown used his speech at the Momentum conference last week to call for unity after the bitter leadership challenge to Corbyn over the summer, where more than 80% of MPs voted for a motion of no confidence in the Labour leader but who easily defeated challenger Owen Smith in votes from members.

At first, it'll seem bitter, but challenge them to notice flavors that would otherwise be overshadowed by sweetness.

Italian mathematicians engaged in bitter feuds, challenging each other to solve ever more complicated equations.