Sentence examples for hostile battle from inspiring English sources

Simultaneously, the hostile battle lines opened a tremendous fire upon each other.

Yahoo made it clear that it was willing to damage itself before allowing Microsoft to win a hostile battle.

If Comcast tried to buy Disney, that would propel it into a hostile battle and leave Comcast with the challenge of selling Disney's theme parks, the person said.

The exchange marked an escalation of an increasingly hostile battle between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill over Mr. Bush's judicial nominees.

There was little dispute that Mr. Bush's actions in both cases were a calculated act of defiance of the Democrats with whom he has been engaged in an increasingly hostile battle over his judicial choices.

In a sign of its intention to wage a hostile battle, it wants a judge to rule that all 13 of Anheuser's directors are liable to removal through a vote by shareholders – including five recently elected board members.

They also said that increasingly hostile battles with school boards and communities not willing to support education budgets has also discouraged educators from pursuing higher-level administrative posts.

The Friday announcement could put Validus one step closer to buying Transatlantic, ending a months-long hostile takeover battle.

In 2011, after a four-month hostile takeover battle, SABMiller agreed to buy the Australian brewer Foster's for $10.15 billion.

The bid was launched soon after Arcelor won its own hostile takeover battle for Dofasco, a Canadian rival.

Such fundamental differences in perspective can be the catalyst for a hostile takeover battle instead of merger negotiations.