Sentence examples for faction supporting from inspiring English sources

The attempted coup quickly foundered, though, leading to a standoff between the small faction supporting the coup and the rest of the army that still supported Rajoelina.

In the conclave to elect Calixtus' successor, the choice of Honorius was challenged by a faction supporting Cardinal Teobaldo Buccapeco (Antipope Celestine II).

At the party convention of 1880 Conkling headed the so-called Stalwart faction supporting a third term for former president Grant.

Strife broke out with a faction supporting her brother over sovereignty, though, and it wasn't until Julius Caesar arrived in 48 and applied his leverage that she took undisputed power.

For every conservative faction, supporting Trump was a gamble — do you reach for short-term victory, even though his incompetence and unfitness might cost you in the long run?

Mr. Pope and Larry Fahn, the board president, contend that members of the internal faction supporting those candidates have ties to racist groups or Web sites -- a claim first made by a staff member at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal Alabama group.

The Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) split apart, with one faction supported by Uganda and the other by Rwanda.

Following months of political deadlock, the moderate Dawa faction supported Abadi's nomination as prime minister on Monday.

An attempt to prevent the installation of the President-elect of Costa Rica (CR) by a faction supported by Nicaraguan planes and officers, was put down by socialist Jose Figueres who became President.

Even if Mr. Assad was overthrown, the convulsion could fragment Syria along sectarian and ethnic lines, each faction supported by competing outside powers, said Paul Salem, who runs the Middle East office of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

After Beckham declined to run for governor, the anti-Laffoon faction supported Chandler against Rhea.