Sentence examples for embattled over from inspiring English sources

But in Long Branch, which is already embattled over the town's use of eminent domain to make way for development, Mr. Kushner's proposed swap has struck a nerve.

Social media hummed with its own jokes: that Stewart was going to replace Brian Williams, the NBC anchor embattled over embellishing stories, or was going to be cast as the next Spider-Man.

At the top ranks, Sir Iain Vallance resigned as chairman of British Telecommunications in April and Ron Sommer, the chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, is increasingly embattled over his company's sagging share price.

Craigslist, embattled over the most recent allegations of sex trafficking and underage prostitution, pointed their finger at eBay yesterday.

Mother and grandmother lock horns and spend a good deal of time bitterly embattled over the "A-1 Steak Sauce Fight of the Century".

One speaker after another from the assorted worlds Clinton has inhabited — politics, women's advocacy, child welfare, education reform —  sought to offer a more human portrayal than that of a striving and scheming politician, embattled lately over her use of a private email server to conduct government business.

So even as he spars with his party over taxes and spending, Mr Koizumi's most important struggle apart from minding those embattled banks will be over whom to appoint as the central bank's next governor in March.

Embattled at home over his economic policies, rising unemployment, tax controversies, and a huge conservative backlash against the introduction of gay marriage, Hollande has shown his muscle where no one expected: on the battlefield.

In winning North Carolina by 14 percentage points, Mr. Obama — whose campaign had been embattled by controversy over the incendiary remarks of his former pastor — recorded his first primary victory in nearly two months.

The allegations are another blow to the embattled City Council, which over the course of a two-year investigation by federal prosecutors and the city's Department of Investigation has been forced to take several steps to bring more transparency to the way it distributes millions of dollars in discretionary funds each year.

The membership changes were part of a sweeping reform announced in January aimed at diversifying the organization, then embattled in controversy over a second consecutive year in which all 20 acting nominations went to white actors.