Sentence examples for does not defuse the from inspiring English sources

If he does not defuse the tax credit bombshell in his autumn statement on November 25, he may not get a third chance.

Sixteen years later, it's clear that the new method did not defuse the abortion debate, let alone change everything.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's admission, on the eve of the debate, that she bore responsibility for failing to adequately secure the mission did not defuse the issue.

Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster, argued that Mr. Gore did not defuse the public's concern about big-government Democrats the way Mr. Clinton did.

The wisecracks and farce moments don't defuse the suspense or the horror, or devalue the high-running passions of the characters.

This modification works to defuse Brock's specific objection about the expressibility of the falsehood of PW, but it does not defuse objections based on counterfactual situations where we would want to say that the Lewis story is not correct.

"I think, if I don't defuse this bomb, civilians will die," he said.

But they did not defuse criticism that the European bank had been too slow and too rigid in responding to deepening signs of economic distress in Europe.

But they did not defuse criticism that the European bank had been too slow and too rigid in responding to deepening signs of economic distress.

"You don't defuse outrage with cute little stunts," he said.

Police explosives experts did not arrive at the Old Bailey until two-fifty, and could not defuse the bomb before it detonated.