Sentence examples for messy ground from inspiring English sources

He explains: "When confronted with a direct threat to American security, Obama has shown he is willing to act unilaterally — in a targeted, get-in-and-get-out fashion, that avoids, at all costs, the kind of messy ground wars and lengthy occupations that have drained America's treasury and spirit for the past decades".

"When confronted with a direct threat to American security, Obama has shown he is willing to act unilaterally — in a targeted, get-in-and-get-out fashion, that avoids, at all costs, the kind of messy ground wars and lengthy occupations that have drained America's treasury and spirit for the past decades," he writes.

The loss in coherence is primarily due to messy ground movements, e.g., grain avalanches [ Antonello et al., 2004].

Since when is a wife's messy house grounds for a husband's infidelity, except in a deluded man's mind?

Now, insiders say that pulling together a loose coalition of anti-Houthi factions, consisting of both AQAP and Sunni tribes, may be the only means for Saudi Arabia and its supporters in Washington to avoid getting bogged down in a messy and lengthy ground offensive.

If a duck's enclosure gets too messy, or the ground that the duck walks on is abrasive to the padding on the feet, the duck can develop a condition known as bumblefoot.

But plans for brisk disengagement ignored messy realities on the ground.

Western civilization, it seems, hinges on our ability to wrangle our messy cycles to the ground and stomp 'em out once and for all.

The authors cannot decide whether to portray Palestine as they understand it historically, Palestine as they hope it may emerge from a settlement with Israel, or the messy reality on the ground that changes from year to year.

It seemed more likely that while Sheikh Mazhar was comfortable promoting the ideals of the revolution, he had less interest in getting involved in the messy details on the ground.

The sweeping reassessment has been prompted by deteriorating conditions on the ground, the messy and still unsettled outcome of the Afghan elections and a dire report by Mr. Obama's new commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.