Sentence examples for in a disturbing pattern from inspiring English sources

The vandalism appeared to be another in a disturbing pattern of desecrations of Roman Catholic icons.

Journalists, in particular those covering national security issues or human rights, are targeted from all sides in a disturbing pattern of abuses carried out to silence their reporting," said David Griffiths, Amnesty International's deputy Asia-Pacific director.

The American Civil Liberties Union blasted the Trump administration for appealing the decision as "the latest in a disturbing pattern of hostile actions directed at young immigrants across America". Lorella Praeli, the ACLU's director of immigration policy, said that Trump has failed to broker a deal with Congress that would protect the immigrants.

As Stephen Zunes points out, Weiner's denial fits squarely in a disturbing pattern of squelching criticism of the Israeli state and of making patently untrue statements to do so, including claiming that the United States recognizes the PLO as a "terrorist organization" 20 years after it ceased using that designation.

But Mora's picks for positive role models fit into a disturbing pattern in college sports: Outspoken conservatives are admired and forthright liberals, not so much.

And the unfunny ending fits into a disturbing pattern.

There is, Judge Robert A. Katzmann wrote for a panel of Second Circuit judges in February, a "disturbing pattern of ineffectiveness" at the lower levels of the immigration bar, one that rears its head in the appeals courts with "alarming frequency".

Court documents filed in Los Angeles laid out a disturbing pattern in the allegations in L.A., New Orleans, Las Vegas and Tempe.

* Here in the provincial capital, "a disturbing pattern has arisen in the method of intimidation used against Serbs still in the city," the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has found.

The coverage in the NY Times seems part of a disturbing pattern in health journalism.

Gene Sperling, who was President Bill Clinton's top economic adviser, said he detected in the Bush administration "a disturbing pattern of using budget numbers that are compelled more by politics than fiscal prudence, more by convenience than by consistency".