Sentence examples for past confrontations from inspiring English sources

Such sangfroid is in contrast to past confrontations featuring the president.

Despite the past confrontations, Mr. Roberts clearly admires what Mr. Gates has built at Microsoft.

There was a loving history of past confrontations and eager anticipation of who might front up to whom.

In past confrontations, it helped that Mr Qaddafi wore dark glasses; that Fidel Castro and the Ayatollah Khomeini sported theatrical beards; that Manuel Noriega was ugly.

The administration, and Mr. Obama himself, have said in past confrontations with Republicans that the president does not have the constitutional power to act without Congress.

The attack on John Lewis, however, underscores Trump's tense relationship with black voters and seemed to echo some of his past confrontations with African Americans.

A local man had told her about a past confrontation between the two sides in which many had likely carried firearms.

Women should master the "pre-meeting," connecting with colleagues to test ideas and gather support; come to meetings armed with cogent comments and questions that can move the conversation forward; keep an even keel, speaking in measured tones and being careful not to signal frustration through sarcasm or curtness; and move past confrontation without taking it personally.

Here, his clinical, interrogation-style setup of Mr. Ruppert may be inspired by his subject's past confrontation with the C.I.A., but it also plucks uncomfortably at the fine line between shining a light on society's outsiders and exploiting them.

The past confrontation between Gome and Suning has now become a battle between the Ali-Suning alliance and JD.com.

The high levels of past confrontation with violence and ongoing exposure in both locations is likely to contribute to a further deterioration of the health status of internally displaced.