Sentence examples for hostile contest from inspiring English sources
In 2014, three years after they joined the SANZAR Tri Nations, a hostile contest in Mendoza marred by two yellow cards for the Aussies saw Argentina win their first match in the new competition.
So, through a neat, small maneuver Yahoo has pushed Microsoft into displaying its true grit, and may have bought itself some time to find an alternative transaction outside the specter of a true hostile proxy contest.
Businesses also objected because the rule would force them to bear the costs of hostile election contests while the benefit of proxy access appeared to be unsubstantiated.
Florida has long struggled to take the lead in the State Most Hostile To Public Education contest, with North Carolina, Wisconsin and Nevada giving some real competition.
Instead of a hustings there's a boozy, riotous shouting contest, potential hostile voters are nullified simply by making sure they can't get to the poll, and Dickens (who was a lobby reporter) also offers glimpses of the roles of agents and the press.
The tone of the leadership contest turned hostile in February 2002.
Kinnock, who backed Ed over his brother, David, in the 2010 leadership contest, said: "A hostile press which thought he was a soft target have not forgiven him for proving them wrong – and the vindictiveness will continue.
Mr. Ballmer's letter devoted a significant amount of space to decrying Yahoo's threatened tie-up with Google and any bid to justify not going fully hostile and launching a proxy contest and an exchange offer.
Microsoft made the disclosure before it was presented in the trial of the antitrust case brought by the Justice Department to contest the Oracle Corporation's hostile $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft.
Later announced he would not contest the next election after a hostile open meeting in his constituency.
Since the advent of a poison pill, an effective hostile bid is typically accompanied by a proxy contest to unseat the target's directors and remove the pill.
