Sentence examples for maintained positions from inspiring English sources

During several exchanges of live ammunition with Palestinians sniping at them from rooftops and inside abandoned buildings, Israeli troops fired antitank rockets, lobbed grenades, shot from combat helicopters and maintained positions nearby in tanks.

And the crimes he is said to have committed stretch back more than half a century, predating the Ceausescu dictatorship, which lasted from 1965 to 1989 and remains a far more politically delicate period because so many members of Romania's Communist establishment under Ceausescu maintained positions of power even after the fall of the old regime.

Armagnac troops maintained positions on the south bank of the river before attacking the main English stronghold called "les Tourelles" on the morning of 7 May.

The JNA maintained positions near Dubrovnik until July, while the naval blockade of the city was lifted on 26 May 1992.

After clearing the enemy pocket north of the Ruhr and the Möhne Rivers, the division took Werl and Unna on 9/10 April, Dortmund on 13 April and maintained positions on the north bank of the Ruhr.

And for investors holding the stock, I would be inclined to maintain positions.

However, investors holding the stock should maintain positions, and these shares would look especially attractive on pullbacks below $50.

Rather, we generally maintain positions in securities for a couple of days to a couple of months.

The United States and Russia, primarily, as they both maintain positions that civil society opposes.

Robinson said his other players were overaggressive and lost focus on maintaining position.

The trick is to maintain position during this time, in hopes that the whale surfaces nearby.