Sentence examples for pushing a cause from inspiring English sources

IN an ironic political twist, some conservatives are proffering an anti-government libertarian argument against capital punishment, pushing a cause long favored by pro-government liberals.

"You have someone who is highly ideologically motivated, with a lot of energy pushing a cause, and doing so in a savvy way," said Rick Hasen, an election law expert who follows Mr. Blum's opposition to the Voting Rights Act.

"Dominic Calvert-Lewin has had a couple of games for Everton and there are one or two like Dominic Solanke who could really push a cause if they get a run of games, but Liverpool have some outstanding attacking players.

"He said things that rattled some people," says Fauci. "But he did it to push a cause he believed in.

This German expression, meaning pushing a new cause before finishing an old one, was pertinent under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

Visitors, by pushing a button, could cause the robot to move its arms and turn its head and -- by means of a voice from a speaker answer questions listed on a sign in front of it.

Steven from Los Angeles writes: "If Libby and/or Rove are implicated in this leak scandal, this would mean that the White House used the media to destroy a political enemy and also to push a fabricated cause for war – a war which has cost 200 billion dollars and thousands of human lives.

The connection is very direct". Armstrong, who said he'll campaign for the measure in California whenever his triathlon training schedule permits, is the latest celebrity to use the state ballot to push a pet cause.

On another side of the newly installed rectangular column that stretched from floor to ceiling in the lobby of Schneider's Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, Talia Silverstein, 6, pushed a button, causing air bubbles to float up a tube.

Pushing a scream too hard may cause a short-lived headache (not more than 10 seconds).

Pushing a button on the pouch causes the water to flow and begin evaporating, resulting in a temperature drop of up to 30 degrees within minutes; to keep the pouch from expanding, nanoporous carbon mixes with water vapor, condensing the gas to a liquid state so the process can begin again.