Sentence examples for off defeating from inspiring English sources

Fresh off defeating a San Francisco measure that would have severely curtailed the company's business in its hometown, Airbnb staged a news conference that functioned as a warning shot to other cities thinking about proposing new regulations.

President Bush took our nation's eye off defeating the terrorists, led by Osama bin Laden, who killed thousands of Americans six years ago.

"It was just …" the voice trails off, defeated by the magnitude of what happened.

Darren Fletcher was the only United player to score and Moyes once again cut a dejected figure as he walked off defeated at the end.

Indeed, as the theocracy struggles to stave off defeat it will be more tempted than ever to rally support at home and aboard.

The electronic battlefield was incapable of staving off defeat in Vietnam.

That assumes, of course, that the Dems can pick up Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia and Mississippi while staving off defeat in Louisiana.

But then bruh tells shawty that she should "go and be great … with your lavender" as she storms off, defeated, "turning red from her back".

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anze Kopitar scored twice in a four-goal first-period blitz as the Los Angeles Kings embarrassed the Blues from the opening face-off, defeating St . Louis 5-2, on Monday night for their fifth straight road win this postseason.

Humphreys believes that of all the play-off defeats he has suffered that the controversial loss to Wednesday was the hardest to take.

Sprint — with the backing of its Japanese bidder, SoftBank — increased its offer to head off defeat.