Sentence examples for mute opposition from inspiring English sources

Advocates for press freedom say that the government has also moved to mute opposition by using punitive fines and by intimidating the ownership of leading media companies.

In addition, the compromise might mute opposition although it might resurface later.

In the end, they reckon, France will go along with a war and even Germany will mute its opposition.

With nine states and the District of Columbia now permitting same-sex unions, nationwide popular opinion swinging in favour of marriage equality and more and more political figures even some conservative legislators withdrawing or muting their opposition, gay-rights lobby groups have achieved more than they could have possibly dreamt in the past decade.

The association has managed so far to escape the wrath of MoveOn.org and other Democratic apparatchiks by muting its opposition to their beloved public option the proposed government-run health care plan and joining a coalition of industry groups pledging to cut $80 billion in health care costs over the next decade.

By keeping the design a secret, House leaders said, they were able to mute the inevitable opposition and keep pressure on legislators to a minimum.

He suggested that dissenters at home would be considered traitors, a theme that has reverberated through society with propagandistic documentaries on state television and moves to mute or close opposition news organizations and websites.

In recent years, Rwanda has also been involved in a heavy PR campaign to wipe away its blood-crusted image but critics fear it's a smokescreen to mute Kagame's opposition.

The effect of the terrorist attacks is still strong, largely muting the Democratic opposition.

The United States Chamber of Commerce and American Bar Association fought efforts in prior years to pass legislation on this issue, although perhaps the disclosure of the Panama Papers will mute some of that opposition.

They also contend that the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations "stood mute on the matter of opposition".