Sentence examples for building up ground from inspiring English sources

After a close call during Hurricane Katrina, Mobile, Ala., rejiggered the ventilation system of a major tunnel to prevent damage from floodwater; the city has studied building up ground around entrances.

Putting runs on the board is a practical method of staying a step ahead of Tony Abbott, who is like a mini typhoon, building up ground speed on his Quadrant reunion world tour, throwing bones to the base from the European capitals.

It is building up its ground and air forces in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgian territories it annexed after the 2008 clash with Georgia, and at the Gyumri base in Armenia.

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In fact, more important than Arab participation in air strikes is building up Arab ground forces, and this is perhaps the most challenging part of the overall strategy.

It's also unclear how good a job Trump has done in building up his Iowa ground operation, which is key in a state where voters are forced to spend three or four hours at the caucus.

The trip was made despite the campaign's spending more than a year building up a formidable ground operation and flooding airwaves with a steady diet of television commercials in September, long before anyone else.

There are many tragic ironies here, not least that western strategy against Isis has officially depended on building up local Syrian opposition ground forces so that they might one day push the jihadi insurgency out of its stronghold in Raqqa.

The Israeli army, meanwhile, is building up its forces for a ground invasion, if the government so decides.

While striking the Islamists from the air, France was steadily building up its forces on the ground: 200 more soldiers and 60 armored vehicles arrived in Mali overnight on Tuesday from Ivory Coast, bringing the total to nearly 800 soldiers.

Israel is also building up its forces for a ground operation if necessary.