Sentence examples for stop a wave from inspiring English sources

It is one thing to stop a wave, another to turn back the tide.

A father in the home doesn't stop a wave of public school closures.

That did not stop a wave of media and internet speculation as to what it all meant.

Worse, in Baghdad it has been unable to stop a wave of car bombs and suicide bombers, which continue to cause a heavy loss of civilian life.

The legislation would also have failed to stop a wave of strikes by British Airways cabin crew, which led to 22 days of walkouts in 2010.

In recent weeks, the United States has openly berated Mexico for failing to stop a wave of drug-related violence that has taken close to 1,000 lives along the 2,000-mile 2,000-mile

I clambered out of the Hummer to take pictures and the driver took the car around the corner and out of sight; as the engine stopped a wave of silence simply rolled up the wadi - perfect, unbroken.

That has not stopped a wave of comments on Rockey's blog and the DrugMonkey blog from investigators worried about the changes.

This hasn't stopped a wave of sensationalist reporting from the media - particularly when someone from that media outlet's stomping ground catches it.

We are powerless to stop a huge wave of immigration from southern Europe, he says.

Repressive laws may not be enough to stop a tidal wave of straight talk.Amid this soul-searching, Mr Nicolaides makes for an unlikely martyr.