Sentence examples for combative position from inspiring English sources

A greater threat to the firm arises from Exxon's combative position on climate change.

And a combative position on the world stage, including a belligerent relationship with many longtime foreign allies.

I was reminded of Ballard's somewhat combative position by a 2008 New York Times op-ed by Steven Millhauser (which I came to via Charles May's excellent blog, Reading the Short Story).

This is not the first time he and the company have taken a combative position: in 2009, St . Judequit the industry trade group AdvaMed because Mr. Starks argued that the group's stance on health care reform was placing some device makers like St . Judeat a disadvantage to others.

Nevertheless, on the domestic front at least the independent senator has staked out a much more combative position on Wall Street and wealth inequality than many others within the Democratic Party.

Dr. John Gottman, a world-renowned relationship expert, claims that a pattern of avoidance can be far more destructive to a relationship than the volatility that can sometimes erupt when couples find themselves locked in combative positions.

But he also brought a uniquely combative attitude to a position that has traditionally been filled by lawyers who shy away from making contentious statements about immigration enforcement ― one of the country's most divisive political issues.

But he presses that position without a combative stance toward Border Patrol, whom he describes as unfairly caught in the middle of America's toxic immigration politics.

He said it had come because the company had decided to take a less combative and defensive position.

For Mr. Wolff, the job occupies a corner of the media industry less sexy than he is accustomed to, but he said he would bring his usual combative sensibility to the position.

Imprisoned for more than three years by the British on suspicion of I.R.A. involvement and the subject of several organized assassination attempts, Mr. Maskey has been known more recently for his unsmiling and combative declarations of party positions.