Sentence examples for its arc of influence from inspiring English sources

You'll spend most of your time not challenging Iran but merely trying to contain its arc of influence.

From this arc of influence, it created a bulwark against threats from the outside, and a self-sustaining society built on oil revenues, taxes and loot seized from vanquished Iraqi and Syrian forces.

Salafis are deepening the divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and challenging the "Shiite Crescent," a term coined by Jordan's King Abdullah in 2004, during the Iraq war, to describe an arc of influence from Shiite-dominated Iran to its allies in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

As Syria has crumbled, Syria's Kurds have quietly built an arc of influence that Turkey believes advances the broader Kurdish project of an eventual sovereign state carved from north-eastern Syria, south-eastern Turkey, parts of western Iran and what is now Iraqi Kurdistan.

This arc of influence is reflected in the images that make up the exhibition: a series of 24-by-30-inch 24-by-30-inch 24-by-30-inch 24-by-30-inchages) of billboards graced by David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Donna Summer, the Who, photosloyd and the Beatles.

The fall of the arrow is as much a segment of its arc as the rise.

Hit the shuttle at the top of its arc.

Throw the second ball up when the first is near the top of its arc.

Furthermore we investigated if the inclination of the acetabular component and the arc of cover would influence these findings.

The secondary aim was to evaluate differences between patients with either resurfacing or total hip arthroplasty and if the inclination of the acetabular component and the arc of cover would influence these findings.

The story of the Carolina Panthers' season has been cinematic in its arc.