Sentence examples for defusing concern from inspiring English sources

I suspected he might have more difficulty defusing concern that he is becoming indebted to powerful donors — some of the very same "people that can afford to influence the government," whom he disparaged in his speech at St . Christopher

Mitt Romney will address head-on suspicions about his Mormon faith in a speech he plans to deliver Thursday in Texas, not far from where John F. Kennedy delivered an address nearly 50 years ago that many credit with defusing concerns about his Catholic faith in his election.

The White House scrambles to defuse concerns that the stimulus isn't working.

The Bush administration tried to defuse concerns that the weak jobs numbers hinted at a wider economic slowdown.

Mr. Putin has sought to defuse concerns about the investigation, but faces questions at home and abroad.

At the Pentagon, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sought to defuse concerns about the agreement.

Mr. McCain has sought to defuse concerns about the safety of reactors by noting his own service aboard the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise.

Frist is now the target of a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission, although he insists that he did nothing wrong, and that he sold the shares to defuse concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

The goal, said Christine Anderson, a spokeswoman for Mr. Spitzer, was to defuse concerns about security that had been raised in recent weeks while providing a way for illegal immigrants to obtain licenses.

So Apple is clearly aiming to set parameters that narrow (if not entirely defuse) concerns about potential misuse of the depth and face tracking tools that its flagship hardware now provides.

And by defusing the concerns of conservationists in Nebraska, TransCanada is shrewdly undermining the coalition against the pipeline.The irony of all this is that the pipeline is not nearly as important as either its defenders or critics make it out to be.