Sentence examples for seeks to reassert from inspiring English sources

Its successor, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), has remained highly active in Estonia and its Baltic neighbours, Latvia and Lithuania – increasingly so recently as Russia seeks to reassert its sway over what it calls the "near abroad".

TOKYO — Toyota Motor began selling its next-generation Prius hybrid in Japan on Monday as it seeks to reassert its clout in an increasingly crowded market for green cars.

In fact, as Sotherton seeks to reassert herself on the international scene after finishing an out-of-sorts fifth in Beijing(though she was promoted to fourth after Blonska's disqualification), the 32-year-old Birchfield Harrier and Commonwealth champion is looking like the woman to beat in the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Turin from 6 to 8 March.

So it was with considerable symbolism that President Obama arrived on Wednesday in Canberra, Australia's capital, for a trip that will include an announcement that the United States plans to use Darwin as a new center of operations in Asia as it seeks to reassert itself in the region and grapple with China's rise.

That history might seem to offer comfort to the current campaign, which seeks to reassert the elite's interests against a government of elected upstarts, led by Thaksin Shinawatra and his family; counter-revolutions have a track record of success in Thailand.

The sleeping mind desperately seeks to reassert the semblance of order which during waking hours our will imposes on experience, with the result that we find ourselves, with imperturbable logic, flying trouserless over Buckingham Palace where the Queen can clearly be seen playing croquet and using a flamingo for a mallet.

Now Hirst is seeking to reassert Hoyland's position.

Fickle consumers turn away, seeking to reassert their individuality.

Mikulas Dzurinda remains the party chairman and will now seek to reassert his authority.

As they seek to reassert themselves at the statewide level, Republicans are grappling with competing visions of how to define their party.

Putin was plainly seeking to reassert Russia's position as a power broker in the Middle East, and Obama made no move to block him.