Sentence examples for stopped openly from inspiring English sources

Russia, after a burst of effort after the 2008 war with Georgia, stopped openly lobbying its allies to recognize the enclaves, but seeking more alliances remains a crucial goal for Abkhazia.

In December 2011, right before Facebook stopped openly publishing stats, Android surpassed the iOS app.

No amount of teasing or cajoling from the others could get her to stop openly rooting for them.

Iranians with reformist sympathies even began advising Americans to stop openly supporting them, lest that open them to attack as pawns of America.

We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us.

As the church's bishops began their twice-yearly meeting on Thursday, at the top of the agenda was a directive from the primates, or regional leaders of the communion, asking the church to stop consecrating openly gay and lesbian bishops and to ban the blessing of same-sex unions, or risk a diminished status in the communion.

At the top of the agenda for the Sept. 20-25 gathering will be a directive issued by the leaders of the Anglican Communion to stop consecrating openly gay and lesbian bishops and to ban blessings of same-sex unions or risk a diminished status in the communion, the world's third-largest Christian denomination.

Earlier in the week in New Orleans, the bishops of the Episcopal Church defied a directive by leaders of the Anglican Communion asking them to set up an alternate structure for conservative churches, to stop consecrating openly gay and lesbian bishops and to ban the blessing of same-sex unions.

President Kiir had offered moral support to his beleaguered northern comrades, but he had stopped short of openly providing assistance.

While it is being prepared, the military must live up to its word that it has stopped drumming out openly gay and lesbian soldiers.

But Richter stressed that he and the coaching staff had worked well together earlier in his comeback and he stopped short of openly criticizing Low, a former goalie.