Sentence examples for try and halt from inspiring English sources

Isolation is a key tactic to try and halt the spread of the virus.

Italy has said it is ready to help monitor a ceasefire and train local armed forces to try and halt Libya's slide into chaos.

Then a line of protesters linked arms to try and halt the progress of the Mubarak rally, but this did not last long.

"I have some doubts about whether the Abbott decision would still be valid and whether a federal court would allow Texas to try and halt those shipments," Mr. Pacelle said in an e-mail.

The Rovers Trust was set up six months ago when two supporters groups united, in order to try and halt the decline of the club's severance from the community and to ultimately, hold a stake in Blackburn Rovers.

Where they cause us inconvenience – whether cane toads in Australia, or signal crayfish in English rivers or some new plant disease – we may want to try and halt their spread.

The Turkish Foreign Minister went to Damascus in what was seen as a final warning to try and persuade Bashar to halt the violence.

In a series of speeches, Mr Hollande will lay out the main lines of a policy to reduce the cost of labour and try to halt the slide in French industry.

Wait said school leaders will meet this week with parents to address concerns and try to halt inaccurate rumors that children's mouths were being wiped with disinfectant.

Just two weeks ago, I joined my Democratic colleagues to try and force a vote to halt the doubling of student loans, but we were blocked in our efforts by Congressional Republicans.

Now a scheme – Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation – has been proposed to try to halt this destruction and provide developing countries with funds that will help them protect their forests.