Sentence examples for upstream struggle from inspiring English sources

The cover of the first edition pictures Le Pen from behind, gazing at the breaking waves of the ocean, an image that evokes her family roots in coastal Brittany, but also her upstream struggle, and her promise to stop the waves of foreigners that she, like her father, said would destroy France.

In a sweeping election victory, barriers were broken, glass ceilings shattered and dreams realized, and the upstream struggle for LGBT equality suddenly felt like a fantastic flume ride at the amusement park.

As the fish leap, flop and struggle upstream to spawn, their levels of cortisol, a potent stress hormone, surge, providing energy to fight the current.

BALTIMORE--The return of salmon, flashing red and silver as they struggle upstream to spawn, is a well-studied and celebrated event.

I was moved to struggle upstream.

After he finished in 1791, Boswell, the salmon that struggles upstream to lay its eggs, was drained.

Dr. Heineken fills his teaching days with similar lessons, which can mean struggling upstream against a current of technology.

Dr. Paul A. Heineken, 66, a primary care physician, is a revered figure at the San Francisco V.A. Medical Center who sometimes struggles upstream against a current of technology.

Struggling Upstream It is impossible to tell how many children have been turned out, only that they have swelled the ranks of kids who sleep under the shop awnings of Kinshasa and pour into orphanages like Ms. Makusudi's.

Hungry grizzly bears, swooping eagles, 30-foot blocks of ice catapulting into the sea, caribou stampeding and salmon struggling upstream to mate are some of the scenes that will seem to be within inches of one's face.

Two beams of light race against each other, like two swimmers, one struggling upstream and back, while the other, covering the same distance, just crosses the river and returns.