Sentence examples for operation to deter from inspiring English sources

About 2,000 people have died in the conflict, which began on 8 July when Israel launched an operation to deter militant attacks from Gaza.

"So you got the right guys," the voice said to be the Russian director is heard to say, adding that the Palm Sunday operation to deter a Ukrainian forces' sweep "marked the holiday well". "I did my best.

Nicolas Sarkozy is planning more pan-European co-operation to deter unregulated migration: in July, when France takes over the EU presidency, he will push for closer collaboration on this, for example with better sharing of information on migrants across borders.National initiatives are also making life tougher for migrants.

Current and former senior administration officials have suggested that the intelligence community is conducting covert operations to deter Russia.

The perils and sensitivities surrounding the rocket fire starkly underscored the longstanding difficulties faced by the latest rotation of soldiers in the Afghan war, who are in front-line positions built by previous units, under fire, but with restrictions on firing back or when planning operations to deter more attacks.

Balchen died in the shipwreck of the 100-gun first-rate HMS Victory off the Casquets in the Channel Islands during operations to deter French blockading of Spanish and Portuguese ports during the War of the Austrian Succession.

Nineteen underwater drones, some of them from the UK, have been sent to the Gulf as part of a naval operation designed to deter mine-laying amid continuing tensions between the west and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme.

Several cooperative efforts among the various law enforcement agencies have resulted in large-scale sting operations designed to deter others from committing bankruptcy fraud.

At the time, Mr. Tenet defended the C.I.A. and said it had an aggressive operation in place to deter al Qaeda.

Officials also said the operation is intended to deter the strategic threat against the Gulf states posed by the Houthi advance and Iran's growing strategic power, with Gulf cities coming in range of rebel missiles.

The operation was designed to deter Saddam's "sabre-rattling" by sending large amounts of allied military forces to Kuwait; and Cardiff were the UK contribution.