Sentence examples for off the ivory from inspiring English sources

So the background first: Giant oil business Trafigura is accused of dumping toxic waste off the Ivory coast of Africa, allegedly causing harm to the local population that frequents those shores.

Themis as an archetype must be grounded or balanced with Artemis, lest she fly off into the ivory tower of her mind.

Most of the ivory arrives by sea.

Ms. Gora wore her mother's off-the-shoulder ivory dress from 1965, and cried as she and Mr. Abella shared their tale of miscues and misconceptions with their 250 guests.

In 1972, Fassbinder directed a film version of the play; in that world, the rest of the universe was closed off, and the ivory shag carpeting in the home of the fashion designer von Kant was the stage for great sensual pleasure, lies, and denial.

But remaining on Appendix 1 did little to stave off the current ivory boom.

Their urgency suggested that it was a Norway spruce version of the ivory-billed woodpecker — both extremely rare and likely to wander off any second.

Take the case of the ivory-bill.

The front of the elephant's head had been crudely hacked off to remove the ivory, leaving a large, gory wound where his face had been.

Once elephants have been killed and their tusks hacked off, Adhiasto said, the ivory is usually sold to a middleman and then on to traders, retailers or ivory carvers.

The rules – which received personal attention from President Obama, and Hillary Clinton, when she was secretary of state – were the strongest action to date to cut off the trafficking of ivory which has devastated the African elephant population.