Sentence examples for over tensions from inspiring English sources

In recent months he has tried to smooth over tensions with Cambodia.

The White House sent Mr. Kerry to Afghanistan several times to help smooth over tensions with President Hamid Karzai.

The revenue that investment would produce could either help pave over tensions between Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis, or worsen those tensions as competing camps fight over the spoils.

When it was over, tensions with the city had hardly subsided, as 33 of the participants were arrested for running red lights and other violations.

Only last spring, Mr. Putin, the president at the time, held a summit meeting with Mr. Bush in which the two expressed personal affection for each other and sought to smooth over tensions in the bilateral relationship.

A1 Powell Goes to Asia Secretary of State Colin L. Powell departs for a five-day trip to Asia intended to smooth over tensions with South Korea and begin building support for a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Today, Scott, in an effort to smooth over tension, said he did not criticize Chaney.

Moreover, joint-line variations may cause extensor mechanism unbalance and medial and lateral retinacula over-tension thus leading to ROM reduction and pain [19].

To avoid neurovascular injury around the hip resulted from over-tension, the hip and knee joint was kept at 30° flexion during the traction reduction.

The adhesive damage has strong influence over tension after impact capability.

Because of biomechanical advantages, plate fixation of these fractures is preferred over tension band wiring and therefore considered as the golden standard for treatment [ 5, 7– 9].