Sentence examples for lawless attempt from inspiring English sources

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Mr. Wahid should refrain from a lawless attempt to retain power that could sabotage Indonesia's experiment in democracy.

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Texas senator Ted Cruz added: "The president's lawless and radical attempt to destabilise the nation's energy system is flatly unconstitutional and – unless it is invalidated by Congress, struck down by the courts, or rescinded by the next administration – will cause Americans' electricity costs to skyrocket at a time when we can least afford it".

Lawless hoped Kates would miss the second attempt to preserve a tie — or push in gamblers' parlance — which would have netted him an $800 payday.

Through this process they are attempting to gather the various existing FARDC units in the often lawless eastern Congo, and consolidate them into central locations in an attempt rightsize the military structure of the region.

That fight has become more urgent as Yemen — particularly its strife-torn lawless hinterlands — has emerged as a base for attempted Qaeda attacks on the United States.

But as an installation art project on a huge scale, it's pretty much sui generis – an attempt to transform the world into a lawless adventure playground.

Shane then laid the whole blame for his lawless conduct on the lord deputy's repeated alleged attempts on his life.

Despite the valiant attempts by Barack Obama and David Cameron to insist that the lawless violence of Isis has nothing to do with Islam, many will disagree.

The question spills from the battle zones and killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan, across borders to the lawless lands of Pakistan's tribal areas and, since the attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines airplane on Christmas Day, to the Arabian reaches of Yemen and Qaeda operatives there.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 10 - An Ethiopian-backed warlord, Abdullahi Yusuf, was elected president of Somalia by lawmakers on Sunday in the 14th attempt in a decade to restore government to that lawless country.

The prospect of renewed political turmoil in the region, especially in Somalia and Yemen, may again drive up attempts at the lucrative business of piracy, since lawless areas in these countries provide havens for pirates to launch their raids and to hold captured vessels and hostages.

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