Sentence examples for unwittingly supporting from inspiring English sources

And yet, as war splits Iraq and Syria along sectarian lines, any American action against IS risks unwittingly supporting Iran and the Shias, thereby deepening the very sense of Sunni victimhood on which IS feeds.

Using Mr Smith's logic, millions of Americans are unwittingly "supporting" all manner of practices and beliefs in religious and non-profit organisations around the country because they enjoy wide tax exemptions.

The contented majority, as the liberal economist JK Galbraith termed the 60% of the (ageing, pension-saving) population who use their money and votes to craft the political economy to keep them in clover, are unwittingly supporting zero-hours contracts.

To avoid unwittingly supporting criminal activity, TRAFFIC recommends that buyers relay concerns to relevant government agencies.Just as prosperity in China increases demand for ivory, rising wealth in South-East Asia drives demand for pet tortoises, which are cultivated for their rarity and appearance.

"California's penal code rightly protects our consumers from unwittingly supporting the trade in products made from imperiled species," she said after the hearing.

When the guidelines were still being finalized earlier this year, an EU official told The Huffington Post that the labels could actually prevent European consumers from deciding to boycott Israeli goods, out of concern that they are unwittingly supporting businesses operating in the settlements.

Office of Investigation in Phoenix, said customers who buy phony goods also unwittingly support criminal enterprises.

When this occurred, Dr. Samuel Johnson, who had unwittingly supported Lauder's early inquiries, extracted from him a public confession and apology.

Anschutz would supposedly be releasing a statement soon, Tollett said, explaining that his charitable organization, which has given out more than a billion dollars in a decade, had unwittingly supported the groups, without knowing of their anti-L.G.B.T. bias.

But he said he might have unwittingly "supported this myth that we did have a way of saving Lehman," by failing to make it clear to Congress at a hearing shortly after the bankruptcy that the Fed did not have other options.

Virtually all self-deception has a social component, being wittingly or unwittingly supported by one's associates (See Ruddick 1988).