Sentence examples for playing mediator from inspiring English sources

While Mr. Pataki and Mr. Silver appear to be in a standoff, Mr. Bruno, a Republican, has been playing mediator.

One new -- and so far, effective -- method of preventing evictions is a housing version of collective bargaining, in which a landlord and a tenant group negotiate proposed rent increases, with the city playing mediator, said Steve Meacham, an organizer with City Life/Vida Urbana, a tenants' group.

Another male medical graduate (NSW) articulated this in: "… you're sort of playing mediator between the team and the nurses and trying to not get on the bad side of nurses, because you've always been told that's a really bad idea!" Many graduates struggled to recall IPE experiences from their education program.

Thanks to its deeply entrenched neutrality, Switzerland continues to play mediator in dozens of conflicts worldwide.

At various points in the series, Harry Potter has to play mediator between Hermione "the brightest witch of her age" Granger and Ron Weasley, funny, cantankerous and dim.

By developing critiques of elite institutions intended to play mediator to public discourse (think academia or science), the right too often hides behind a veil of false equivalency, ably spurning school curricula, newspaper columns and scientific consensus alike.

Once Mr Davutoglu wins re-election in Konya, and assuming he stays on as foreign minister, he would be well-advised to mend fences with Israel so as to play mediator again.

Qatar, one of Mr. Assad's most vocal Arab critics, played mediator in arranging for Mr. Meshal's visit to Jordan, which is expected to include a meeting with King Abdullah II.

THINGS are hopping -- literally -- in the West 32nd Street basement of St. Francis of Assisi Church, headquarters for Father Brian Jordan, the scrappy Franciscan determined to play mediator in the stand-off between Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the family of Patrick M. Dorismond, the security guard slain by the police in March.

Still, the fact that Apple continues to play mediator and reject applications on the basis of violating copyright infringement is a signal to developers that it is going to play watchdog on their apps.

Sarah Shahi, who plays mediator Kate Reed, never really fulfilled her promise in the role.