Sentence examples for persistent string of from inspiring English sources

All the same, in the face of a persistent string of "no" polls, the government is beginning to steel itself for the worst.

Recently, though, the death and funeral of Whitney Houston — combined with a persistent string of bogus "RIP Madonna" Twitter posts trending in New York last week — threatened this fragile equilibrium, exposing the dual consequences of the hoaxing scourge.

But persistent drug-war violence and a string of embarrassing corruption scandals have contributed to a lackluster result.

(Having the last laugh on a whole string of naysayers is a persistent theme here).

Yet the string of product safety scandals reflects a persistent roguish undercurrent in the Chinese economy that extensive media coverage, new laws and tougher enforcement have not eliminated.

But the past two years have seen persistent allegations of corruption against the company, along with a string of corporate governance rows, and the shares have crashed, prompting the trio to take the company private again.

He had sidestepped persistent questions on the issue for four days with a string of obfuscating statements issued through aides.

Until Monday, a persistent "It can't happen here" mentality prevailed, residents say, five years into a string of school shootings that showed this is indeed the kind of place where it does happen.

The office of the fair work ombudsman says it has uncovered a string of cases involving exploitation of Korean workers over the past two years, dominated by "persistent underpayment" of workers.

Snappily titled the Six Stops and One Wash, a new and complex string of regulations by the Beijing city government is aimed at combating the effects of persistent, heavy air pollution on the populace.

Two-kilometre string of firecrackers?