Sentence examples for maneuver against from inspiring English sources

Morale in the Army of the Potomac fell further in January, when Burnside ordered a flanking maneuver against rebel forces.

Ms. Hanover's legal maneuver against her husband is a brazen bid to control the ultimate control freak.

Mao himself was wary of a successor who seemed to want to assume power too quickly, and he began to maneuver against Lin.

The files, which go from the 1940s to the present, are the latest in a series of revelations that suggest that the church continued to maneuver against law enforcement even after the extent of the abuse crisis emerged.

"As soon as he insisted on going ahead with this move, which was perceived as a Republican maneuver against the President, we lost a significant part of the Democratic Party, without which it was impossible to block the agreement".

Republicans denied any improper activities, and said the officers' heavy presence at the polls was a defensive maneuver against questionable practices they said had contributed to Mr. Giuliani's defeat by David N.

After fruitless maneuvering against the comte de Guichen, who had replaced d'Estaing, Rodney sailed for New York.

Ulysses S. Grant was maneuvering against the city, and Johnston kept insisting that Pemberton leave Vicksburg and attack, but he refused.

While Divac maneuvered against Thomas in the post, Ward came in from behind to strip the ball.

Still, associates said, Mr. Clarridge maneuvered against the Karzais last summer by helping promote videos, available on YouTube, purporting to represent the "Voice of Afghan Youth".

All these years after, the map still lends an aura of the war room — of tactical maneuvers against desperate odds, of moves and countermoves.