Sentence examples for underwater refuse from inspiring English sources
In "American War" (Knopf), Omar El Akkad traces the United States' descent from gridlock to barbarism as the states of the former Confederacy (or, at least, the parts that aren't underwater) refuse to abide by the Sustainable Future Act, and secede in 2074.
Every day, it seems, the police respond to alligator sightings in yards where children play, and grown men -- even in dangerous jobs like underwater construction -- have refused to work when the gators are too thick.
As theynote, this may be the government's last, best hope to fix the housing market after top housing official, Ed DeMarco defied the White House in continuing to refuse to offer underwater homeowners principal reductions on their loans.
WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday accused the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency -- who has refused to follow President Barack Obama's recommendation to help underwater homeowners reduce their loan debt -- of withholding from Congress evidence that principal reduction works.
DeMarco has refused to implement Obama's proposal to reduce the principal on underwater mortgages, preventing some foreclosures.
She refused to be excited by the fact that many Tongans can hold their breath underwater for an abnormally long time.
Last summer, DeMarco rankled administration officials and others working to stanch the national foreclosure rate when he refused a request from the Treasury Department to implement a principal reduction and debt forgiveness program for certain underwater homeowners.
