Sentence examples for ground for a second from inspiring English sources

As she went away I looked down at the ground for a second.

Wall Street lost ground for a second day on Thursday after weak economic reports, reflecting continued investor concern about the Federal Reserve's resolve to keep bolstering the economy.

The warning comes amid signs the Prime Minister is laying the ground for a second spell of Coalition in 2015 by amending Tory Party rules to make it easier to strike a deal with the Lib Dems.

Almost 250 years since the Duke of Bridgewater built the first canal to carry coal around Manchester, it is fitting that that city has become a proving ground for a second age of "canal mania".

Villagers who fled the fighting and made it to this village on the plains said the military was bombing in Buner with fighter jets and firing rockets from helicopter gunships as Pakistani troops battled the Taliban on the ground for a second day.

Likewise, a snap election in Japan, called by prime minister Shinzo Abe during the week, could illustrate panic in the world's third-largest economy after two decades of stagnation, or be a sensible way to prepare the ground for a second and decisive stage of his Abenomics.

The company expects to open its second Long Island hotel in January, is about to break ground for a third and has two more proposals in the planning stage.

Pyongyang also appears to be preparing the ground for a fourth nuclear detonation, having warned that it plans a "new kind" of nuclear test.

It was the third recent visit by Japanese officials aiming to prepare the ground for a first summit between Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, and Xi Jinping, China's president.Yet China's response was withering.

The stock market lost ground for a third straight session on Wednesday as investors seemed increasingly concerned about when the Federal Reserve might start to wind down its economic stimulus program, which has been a driving force behind the rally this year.

Weekly Der Spiegel reported this weekend that Berlin was preparing the ground for a third aid package for Greece of 10-20 billion euros which could include a further haircut affecting public creditors or a "limited additional programme" involving fresh funds from the European rescue fund.