Sentence examples similar to waves of landing from inspiring English sources

According a to statement by CENTCOM, the US military command in the region, waves of land-based and carrier-borne fighter jets (including, for the first time in combat, the stealthy F-22 Raptor), armed Reaper and Predator drones and 47 cruise missiles, launched from guided missile destroyers in the Red Sea and the Gulf, pounded IS targets.

A point of contention since the beginning of hydropower development on the river in the mid twentieth century, the reservoir project has been promoted and abandoned multiple times in waves of land purchasing, legal procedures, opposition campaigns, and the delineation of nature reserves.

H-Hour (that is, the time at which the first wave of landing craft would hit the beach) was scheduled for 0630 hours.

I watch the first wave of landing crafts approach the beach.

He accompanied the assault force aboard the light cruiser, the flagship of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, the new commander of the Seventh Fleet, and came ashore seven hours after the first wave of landing craft, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.

It has also unleashed a new scramble for oil, minerals and cropland that is accelerating deforestation and fuelling a new wave of land conflicts from Colombia to Chile.

The activities of US-based Herakles Capital in Cameroon provide a stark example of the dangers of the new wave of land acquisitions in Africa, and the growing opposition they face.

In recent weeks, Mr. Lugo has already faced a growing wave of land invasions that his administration believes are part of a campaign led by opposition politicians to destabilize the nascent government.

Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank's private lending arm – are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, according to a report.

The staggering wave of land invasions that followed was, many experts and critics say, a naked effort to intimidate opposition, and with presidential elections due early next year, the tactics have persisted and even spread.

The article it wrote last week was remarkable in several respects: in its elision of the interests of African leaders and those of their people, in its exaggeration of the role of small African companies, but above all in failing even to mention the injustice at the heart of the New Alliance – its promotion of a new wave of land grabbing.