Sentence examples for blanket action from inspiring English sources

This parallel is made both explicit and more complicated when "Hunger" turns its attention to Bobby Sands, who starved himself to death, along with nine other prisoners, in the hunger strike that followed the blanket action.

This blanket action offends my sensibilities.

NYPD officials were reportedly considering banning so-called "career criminals" from the subway system as of last week though that sort of blanket action likely wouldn't be legal.

"Blanket actions that look like collective punishment of a particular minority and faith group can only marginalize and radicalize," he says.

"Blanket actions that look like collective punishment of a particular minority and faith group can only marginalise and radicalise," he says.

They were strangers before take off and all over each other by the time we landed a lot of under-the-complimentary-blanket action happening.

Both Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. used their executive powers to give blanket deferred action to keep families that would be separated by changes in amnesty laws together, and Bush Jr. used his powers to defer action for foreign students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Shame is a concept that blankets American actions as it responded to that grave day.

However, eight Republicans voted for the bill, breaking their party's blanket opposition to action on climate change, and allowing Obama to claim a share of bipartisan support for his energy reforms.

In the past, Scalia and Thomas have been clear in their blanket opposition to affirmative action plans, which they would eliminate across-the-board.

Mr. Bush's advisers deny that he is unilateralist or isolationist, or that his administration has a blanket disdain for group action as a way of conducting world affairs.