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"clung" Definitions
  1. past tense, past participle of cling

958 Sentences With "clung"

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But the father clung to hope as his son had clung to the ropes.
Her youngest son, blond and barefoot, clung to her clothes.
And many have clung onto it — and, yes, meme'd it.
I would have clung to that feeling, if I could.
He clung to it till the end of his life.
The regime has clung to power only by shooting people.
In commodity markets, oil prices clung to their recent gains.
And so they kind of really clung onto each other.
And yet, the Beyhive really clung on to the comment.
Flower petals clung to my hair, face, shoulders and hands.
But we all knew that caste clung to us all.
The company has always clung mightily to vagueness – and secrecy.
They clung to their homes and hoped for the best.
She clung to him as they roared through the Adirondacks.
All the while, basketball coaches clung to their analog systems.
Indian Navy NEW DELHI — The family clung to the rooftop.
It clung to the beef, a kind of lustrous cloak.
The wide strap fits comfortably both around a shoulder and around my waist; it clung to the small of my back while I clung to the back of a motorcycle racing through busy Philippine streets.
An aura of pungent, savory Japanese food clung to her uniform.
And she clung to the dream of making change at scale.
When I was a hardcore dieter, I clung to that concept.
The dollar clung to tight trading ranges against most major currencies.
Oil clung on to Friday's gains trading around $50.69 per barrel.
The greenback clung near a four-week peak against the yen.
After we buried Anthony, we clung to each other in grief.
The Oilers clung to that lead throughout the final 20 minutes.
New Jersey clung to a 2-1 lead after two periods.
I definitely clung on to the people that I did see.
Commerzbank has quit investment banking; Deutsche, though weakened, has clung on.
All that day, the smell of my dream clung to me.
Wharton clung to the wheel as the world turned upside down.
Within the country, he clung to power by any means necessary.
We liked working with books; we clung to our cultural capital.
Israel, undeterred, has clung to its own interpretation of international law.
They clung to each other and set out to find refuge.
He clung to his Methodism while criticizing some of its dogma.
Minnesota clung to a six-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
He clung to his insistence that Fox News had treated him badly.
Rumors swirled that Cherchesov's job was at risk but he clung on.
In interviews, their surrogates clung to the theories of their respective campaigns.
During my transition, I clung to a vision of an imagined future.
The gravy was thick, so it clung and oozed, for extra burning.
" But we clung to our faith and said to ourselves, "Next year.
She was flushed, listless, her little fists clung tightly to his shirt.
He has clung to this as a Twitter and governing strategy ever
They clung on for three days, as the cyclone howled around them.
But we clung together because we had a common enemy: our parents.
I clung to her and wept, knowing my son would be next.
Alabaster helped me through this loss, and we clung to each other.
Airlines and oil producers clung to gains, while most other sectors eased.
For months she clung to a love note from a classmate, Carlos.
One father clung to a lamppost while relatives tried to console him.
The embrace lasted almost a full minute, as Knudson clung to her savior.
But something in the show clung to me like a thin, sticky film.
The bees clung to the walls I'd painted the color of dried palm.
It just clung to patches of my skin in such a weird way.
The Astros clung to a two-run advantage going into the seventh inning.
It simply would have taken too long if we'd clung to the coast.
Alexander clung to that shared feature in his comments on the new proposal.
Each clung to a sense of victimhood, inflamed by the voices around them.
It was a phrase that she, the family's stabilizing counterweight, often clung to.
And just for a moment, the world clung to hope it would work.
The shell was far from golden, and it clung lopsidedly to the filling.
The children's father was rescued, having clung to a tree, the affiliate reported.
The Australian dollar clung onto recent gains against the greenback, trading at $0.7009.
As he carried her to the vehicle, a mine clung to his leg.
Children clung to their mothers' legs, fearful of letting them out of sight.
But a birthday was a birthday and we stubbornly clung to her cakes.
Greater China markets clung to slight gains after trading lower in the morning.
Two clung to my fingertips and just stared at me, ignoring the seeds.
On the night that Kenny disappeared, May 11, 2018, Richard clung to hope.
So I withdrew from him too, and clung to my mother's apron strings.
Of course, neither believed in such methods, but they clung to this prophecy.
As the dollar clung to its recent gains, emerging currencies were more mixed.
And how after that Trump still clung to the birther lie, for years?
Hoarfrost from the lake clung to every surface of the trees and bushes.
Mortgage-backed securities clung to earlier gains, with investors calling the plan modest.
Tsz Pun clung to life for another week, but died on Jan. 24.
Perhaps this is why she clung firmly to the painterliness of her paintings.
Others clung to the side of the boat until bystanders pulled them to safety.
Still, thousands of PhD students clung to the idea of a tenure-track professorship.
Elite families have clung on to their wealth and power through various political transitions.
I clung to it through the birthdays and Christmases, Mother's Days and Father's Days.
I desperately clung to the idea of slimming clothes when I despised my body.
She clung to my husband and sobbed – lifting her head to glare at me.
But Moore has clung to the campaign trail on and off since he returned.
LEVI The older generation clung to their language, their food, their habits and beliefs.
Still, the majority of the community clung to life in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state.
Her parents committed early on to an incremental process, and clung stubbornly to it.
Euro/dollar clung on to $1.10 first thing Thursday, with German bund futures higher.
Clinton has clung to $12, though she favors state initiatives to raise it higher.
Oil futures clung to earlier gains, while U.S. Treasury debt prices pared earlier losses.
His wife rarely left his side during the 22 weeks he clung to life.
The insects, technically called midges, clung to his neck and buzzed around his eyes.
"He clung to the horse, and was burned along with the horse," she said.
Wind-bowed trees clung to the mountainside as if by sheer force of will.
There was only this hollow amphitheater of anguish where we clung to each other.
Without concrete information, Savoia said that many people have clung stubbornly to their denial.
The whiff of char, from scores of burned-out buildings, clung to the air.
As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew.
But Ayotte has clung to a more narrow margin, ahead by almost 2 points.
She clung to his neck and wept and kissed his face again and again.
The city's fiscal problems, racial inequality and crime might have clung to him more.
They clung to each other, surrounded by surging waves and floating piles of debris.
I took what little life was left in me and clung to that hope.
"Robert De Niro is someone who has clung to old mores," Robinson's complaint read.
The city's fiscal problems, racial inequality and crime might have clung to him more.
Shipping stocks and telecommunications clung to gains, with SoftBank Group closing up 4.78 percent.
My son Harvey was kind of withdrawn from the world; he clung to me.
Warm mist clung low to the ground, even as dense fog obscured the skyline.
For some reason, Bush, Obama, Clinton, and others have all clung to this erroneous viewpoint.
I think about the words I clung to, on LiveJournal and then Tumblr: Fuck depression.
Dear's own undoing might be his complete obsession with the "evidence" he's clung to forever.
Driftwood and debris clung high above the present lake level, where former shorelines had been.
The material was tight and clung to his smooth skin, tangling up in his arms.
A painting of a nude young woman with brown hair clung to another, she said.
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have clung to power but watched German politics fracture around them.
It was a state of mind that Germans clung to after the second world war.
I think the problem is they've clung to that folk memory even as they won.
The tarweed clung to my socks, and a happy little bee hovered by my elbow.
In Peres, a noble idea of the Jewish State clung on against the dismal tide.
My mother clung to it — "We are middle class" — because our grasp was so tenuous.
It was because of those words that I first clung to the idea of motherhood.
They clung to the belief that Mueller would deliver Donald Trump's head on a platter.
The men shoveled earth with urgency as the women clung to one another and wept.
He has clung tightly to Trump, often wearing his signature blue suit and red tie.
The silk clung to her body and ended in an asymmetrical hem above the knee.
In the torrential night-time rain, the sheets that covered them clung to the bodies.
And like Sephiroth, when I did, I clung to her and never let her go.
Still, Mr. Eugene clung to the notion of football as a means of personal uplift.
Ted's sister Olwyn, who clung to her brother and clashed with Plath, died in 23.
With the family dynamic greatly altered, Jashua clung to the normalcy of his school routine.
But Maduro has clung to power thanks to the support of the powerful Venezuelan military.
Then he drew the jerrycan he clung to as he crossed the river into Bangladesh.
How gleefully he clung on to that triumph, though, became a metaphor for his reign.
The lingerie company has clung to the idea that women should look sexy for men.
For too long, this regime has clung to power at the expense of future leaders.
As the plane gained altitude, many of them clung to their seats, their discomfort visible.
Some Parisians clung stubbornly to the voting ritual, heeding Mr. Macron's exhortations to go vote.
I clung tightly to a cultural narrative — be thin, be fast — because it seemed simple.
The S&P 500 also traded lower while the Nasdaq clung on to small gains.
As a cub, he clung to a tree and wailed into Alaska's tranquil, boundless air.
Fresh blood and hair clung to the metal bar he was carrying, the police said.
It metabolized hydrogen, not oxygen, and clung to the walls of deep-sea volcanic vents.
Mr. Brantley's case showed how parole, while moving toward rehabilitation, sometimes clung to punitive attitudes.
Elizabeth Warren clung to her so called Native American heritage because it made her different.
As LED lighting took off, many New Yorkers clung to the pleasing warmth of incandescents.
He was wet and shiny, and the grass from his palms clung to his skin.
They had clung to the hope that those ties would bear up under the strain.
Navalny has likened Putin to an autocratic tsar who has clung to power for too long.
Curls clung to sweat-dampened cheeks as I arched back, twining my arms above my head.
Her mom, Roseann, adored Streisand, an infatuation O'Donnell clung to in the pit of her heart.
Once the Lib Dems had a foothold, they clung on with ferocious campaigning on local issues.
The families of Abreu and Furtado clung to each other and wept in the front row.
Janet was old, very old, and like many centenarians, she clung to an outdated value system.
And as he clung to power over the decades his rule became autocratic, undemocratic and oppressive.
It clung on, according to its opponents and some analysts, only by large-scale vote-buying.
But Carson clung on and has continued to say that he would stay in the race.
So instead of slots being recycled from established carriers to new ones, they are clung to.
Despite posting mounting losses and racking up debt reportedly worth $1003 billion, Jet Airways clung on.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had clung to power for 20 years, had at last stepped down.
In one particular photo, a sobbing father clung to bodies of his 9-month-old twins.
I clung to the disorder like a security blanket, and I was good at hiding it.
The rebels have clung on in Aleppo, despite the intensity of Russian and Syrian air raids.
In one case police carried off a man as he clung upside down to his bicycle.
An icy fog clung to the sides of the highway in the swampy area around Amherst.
The alluring mystique of the beautiful lost boy still clung to him, as it does today.
Songbird's camp has clung to a gender-specific path and intends to skip the Kentucky Derby.
The same robe clung to her shoulders and the changing shape of her body, post-mastectomy.
The hunter-gatherers clung to existence for centuries, and were eventually absorbed by bigger farming communities.
I clung to the face of that rock, trembling, crying, afraid to look up or down.
Along the way, he clung to advice and examples offered by Halladay, who was his mentor.
It isn't surprising that people once believed these things; I clung to the second sentiment myself.
It clung especially to the moist bathroom towels, and to the laundry drying in the bedroom.
It wanted to bring in reforms, but also clung to an outdated and overgenerous welfare system.
As he stood beside the pool, his pale yellow swim trunks clung to his thin frame.
The poem ended by mocking writers who clung to traditional and decorous rhymes in their verses.
These kinds of memories, they said, clung regardless of how hard they tried to shake them.
The curtains clung to me, and the Aesop products sat outside the curtain at bathing level.
The gunk clung to the sticker, as evidenced by my disgusting (yet strangely satisfying?) photos, at right.
Both teams had power-play opportunities, and neither capitalized as Calgary clung to the one-goal lead.
The Broncos dominated play in the first half but clung to a 7-6 lead at halftime.
But soybean futures clung to modest gains, supported by declining U.S. crop ratings and uncertain yield prospects.
The smell of urine and smoke clung to some visitors, many of whom, like Towler, are homeless.
But still, hope is valuable commodity these days, so sad reporters everywhere clung to Hill's small victory.
So we clung to them, feeling a little sheepish to be following a parenting expert so literally.
Through asset sales, defaults and forbearance from his creditors, Mr Trump clung on and avoided personal bankruptcy.
I'm encouraged that Longoria and Ferrera are making strides in an industry that has clung to homogeneity.
She has since clung on to office, but as the captive, rather than leader of her Cabinet.
He'd slipped off his shoes and socks and now clung to the metal fretwork by his toes.
Britain's prime minister clung to power after hard Brexiteers in her party tried to bring her down.
Clary clung to a lane rope while Murphy and Pebley celebrated, before swimming over to congratulate them.
Nonetheless, I clung to the hope that we might agree on national standards and a national curriculum.
Selam most likely clung to her mother as she foraged for food or spent time in trees.
It was far, far preferable to the smell that clung to the barns like a bad memory.
In tears, he clung to the notion he was living a nightmare, trying to will himself awake.
The way a special music clung to Cecil Taylor, followed the radical swing & swag of his voice.
And Congo is no Burundi, its diminutive neighbor driven into turmoil after the president clung to power.
The crowd clung to her as she went, her thicket of admirers pushed slowly along like peristalsis.
A stack of paper cones clung to the side of the water cooler, in a slotted rack.
In the photograph, Devonte clung to the officer, a mix of fear and anguish in his eyes.
Across the Middle East, aging dictators clung to power with the blessing and support of the West.
The protests surged in 2019 but have waned as the ruling Socialist Party has clung to power.
Yet he had also enjoyed a moment of glory, one that he clung to the way Mrs.
One child clung to her as she answered a question about what she does when she's afraid.
A musty smell clung to the home she and her husband, Dave, had lived in since 2009.
Strands of what was apparently Ms. Heyer's red hair clung to the trunk of Ms. Washington's car.
Though there were locals who clung to Nazi views on white supremacy, Germans largely embraced black culture.
For decades I had clung to a kernel of dating wisdom gleaned from an encounter gone wrong.
In Denver, two women took a stroll near Cooper Lake as falling snow clung to their coats.
Over in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 clung to gains, closing 0.09 percent higher at 20203,135.8.
Or was it a relative, perhaps her mother, who had clung to it after Karoline was killed?
Property developers dominated the real-estate market and clung to most of the prime city-centre spots.
Slavery was being clung to by the Southern states and California was still considered the Wild West.
Plunged into grief, Ms. WalkingStick clung to painting as a steadying force and an outlet for emotions.
Make it "whom the Yankees clung to," or simply drop the pronoun: "a first-base prospect the Yankees clung to …" ••• The Republicans reiterated that it would not matter who Mr. Obama put forward, Republican or Democrat, no matter how accomplished a jurist — the nomination would be dead on arrival.
Which is why Kravitz clung to the Florida-born stylist's side after meeting her almost four years ago.
The reptile chased Broderick out of the water and up a nearby tree, where she clung for safety.
For the next nine months, the 43-year-old father of two clung to life in a coma.
Primar, meanwhile, clung tight to his own gold balloon, as if letting go made Rosado's passing more real.
But instead they clung to me, riding north and crossing the border with the clothes on my back.
He swam back for the mother and she clung to his arm as they returned to shallow water.
France clung to this sliver of Red Sea coast until 1977; even today it occasionally resembles occupied territory.
He also clung to a similar, largely irrational suspicion that the American social elite was pitted against him.
The aura of avant-garde jazz has clung to Ms. Bley over the years, somewhat to her bemusement.
She and her husband clung to each other until finally, someone said Abrielle was breathing on her own.
They each recall the atmosphere of hysteria, the heavy, overstimulated mood that clung to everything surrounding the case.
Despite growing calls to step down, he clung to power by cracking down on dissent and the media.
The captives clung to African identities in the face of a system that was intended to erase them.
A leopard hat clung to my head with hairpins, and my lips had bright red lipstick on them.
Just one of the 19 fishermen survived: Nafae Zayed, who clung to an ice box for four days.
When they clung to the adults' legs or lower back, the adults shook them off, or tried to.
Yet some pan-dem leaders — mostly those associated with the Democratic Party — have clung to their old position.
In one room, the lighter-fluid stench of chemotherapy clung to a girl's spindly body like a cloud.
Instead, Miller clung to two previously debunked examples, while criticizing reporters for not taking the topic more seriously.
To the end, he clung to film cameras and to black-and-white as the best there was.
Bug-bitten toddlers, too small to walk, clung to the sides of the chain link fence, staring blankly.
The S&P 500 clung to slight gains in the close to end at its highest since Dec. 303.
But his reputation has continued to grow while those of his contemporaries, who clung to modernist orthodoxy, have faded.
I clung to the small sliver of hope I had managed to muster, wondering if this could be it.
I clung to it's affordability and comfort quality during my first years as a fledgling straight outta' the nest.
Children as young as 8 held onto adults, and people who couldn&apost swim clung to those who could.
Passengers sat on the back of pickup trucks and clung to sticks rammed vertically among the luggage for support.
Trump's daughter by first wife, Czech model Ivana Trump, little Ivanka clung to her father when her parents split.
The shell of ice that had clung to the supercool metal fell in shattered sheets into the inferno below.
Hudson, 38, looked elegant in a shimmering full-length grey and blue dress which clung to her toned physique.
Moments later Gracie mounted Takada, a fish out of water on his back, and Takada clung to Gracie's waist.
Wehner said one danger was that the controversy would copper-fasten negative perceptions that have long clung to Trump.
It had rebranded the business as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, though many investors clung to the old namesake.
For nearly half a century, an air of inevitability has clung to the decline of the American labor movement.
Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 213.74 clung to gains and edged up by 2900 percent to 2618,2920.
Instead of disengaging, the car simply clung to the right lane marking like a barnacle to a cargo ship.
It was a humiliating departure for Mugabe, who clung onto power for a week but eventually buckled to pressure.
DeSantis, whose campaign has featured frequent guest appearances on Fox News, has clung closely to Trump in the campaign.
Some were plucked from the sea by fishermen, while others clung to makeshift rafts before the coast guard arrived.
Deflating balloons clung to her ceiling for a month after the defeat; she couldn't bear to take them down.
Still, a certain old-fashioned aura has clung to the company, and Mr. Galassi said its mission remains unchanged.
And with rookie manager Cora at the helm, the Red Sox have seized every edge and clung to it.
Its commodities business, which it clung to in the face of political pressure, has been a drawn out disappointment.
She clung to her granddaughter, Hoda Sharrouf, 16, who sobbed and told her she was certain she was dreaming.
Instead, Girardi clung to Green's "success" against Lindor, who had walked twice and struck out twice previously against Green.
By 2004, the authority decided that only 92 of its 325 developments contained lead and clung to that position.
In a rage, her husband beat her while their 3-year-old toddler clung to her leg, she said.
Saturday's simultaneous legislative elections also saw the DPP lose seven seats, though it has clung on to a majority.
Paradise: I wanted it to last forever, and even when it started to die, I clung for too long.
Now I clung to her, inventing excuses to drop by her dorm to spy my brother's face in hers.
They have clung to a catalog and a persona that were musically bold, verbally shocking and entirely self-created.
Here and there clusters of dead mangroves, bleached the color of bone by the sun, clung to the soil.
The toys were filled with an aluminum powder and plastic beads that clung to the inside of a screen.
But through successive elections, Supreme Court challenges and during the GOP Capitol Hill majority, Obamacare stubbornly clung to life.
The dress clung to her baby bump which she cradled as she walked along with Harry, 34,  by her side.
I don't know ... Yeah, why do you think media companies, for so long, clung to that and really ... It's cheap.
The 93-year-old has clung to power for nearly four decades since the country won independence from the British.
Two medium-sized parties have quit the PMDB-led coalition, but their ministers have clung on to their cabinet posts.
As I was wheeled into surgery, I clung onto my childhood teddy bear, dreaming of life with my new nose.
Meanwhile, their daughter, 6-year-old Vivian Lake, clung to her father's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her.
Somoza clung to power for as long as he could, but he was assassinated only a year after fleeing Nicaragua.
Because to cope with the deaths in her family, Arya clung onto that list like her life depended on it.
He noted that in an experiment where babies were taken away from their mothers, they clung to whatever was warm.
Successive governments have clung to the fiction that this is somehow constitutional by using the label of "self-defence forces".
Why have southern whites clung to white supremacy for so long even as the rest of the world moves on?
Even so, he sought to unite his country in a region where many clung to power by stoking tribal tensions.
This month she clung on after winning a confidence vote in which 117 of her own MPs voted against her.
Despite being beyond its design lifespan, Jason-2 clung on long enough to still be operational as Jason-3 launched.
The S&P's healthcare sector clung to a 513 percent increase after tumbling 1 percent in the previous day's session.
Right outside the eatery was another sign that said "Luke's," which clung to the glass window by plastic suction cup.
Angry people elected him, and he clung to that anger, even when people wanted him to pivot away from it.
He stabbed it with some sticks and beaned it on the head with a rock, but the cat clung on.
Even when I could see they were killing me, I still clung to drugs like my life depended on it.
Seeking to avoid their first losing streak of the season, the Cavaliers clung within 90-86 entering the fourth quarter.
My pelvis was crushed in four places, and for eight hours, I clung to a palm tree in the waters.
The Conservatives have clung to a polling lead of between 6 and 14 percentage points over the opposition Labour Party.
I clung to dogeared copies of the novels, devouring every word, and reading under the covers way past my bedtime.
Elsewhere, the Kospi tacked on 20.34 percent to end at 279.57,280.50 as Samsung Electronics clung to gains of 22014 percent.
It stuck when little else did, and my siblings, her husband and I clung to it like a security blanket.
Her husband had clung to the promise of recovery if only his wife could give the medicines time to work.
Despite Nelson's struggles, American clung closely to Northwestern from the jump and held several small leads in the first half.
"I don't want them to take my dad away again," the little boy said as he clung to his father.
While signatures have already fallen out of favor in many places, it seems to have clung to the restaurant table.
Mugabe has clung onto power for longer than any other African leader, and is the world's oldest head of state.
I dunno why my mind clung to that particular literary ghost like that, but I don't want to question it.
Ms. Gervais Dubina said sometimes the support vehicles clung to the pack of men in front, rather than the stragglers.
At Comic Con, some costumed Jokers clung instead to the characters of the past, while others embraced Phoenix's tortured portrayal.
He managed to reach an overturned lifeboat and clung to it, along with 30 others, before being rescued at dawn.
Amid the turmoil of the past decade, investors have clung to the safety of dollar assets, reinforcing America's monetary hegemony.
Those were the types of positive crumbs Boone clung to as he watched the Yankees disintegrate in the sixth inning.
Pete Buttigieg clung to his lead in the caucuses, with 85 percent of the state's more than 1,600 precincts reporting.
So it was no wonder she clung to my father, in tears, begging him not to take over the temple.
Ferreira, a 35-year-old Brazilian, stalked Pettis and when he caught up, clung to him like a wet suit.
Charlotte clung to the lead and eventually increased it to 98-91 on Walker's 3-pointer with 23:21 remaining.
And just a few weeks ago in Australia, an octopus clung to a dolphin's back, dangerously close to its blowhole.
The president has clung to his surprise 2016 election victory, frequently using it as a touchstone in his political speeches.
They're accessible only through whatever shreds of tradition are clung to in the environments where tradition still counts for something.
She wants to someday work in software development for Apple, a goal she's clung to during all the tribulations of training.
In the previous installment, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Cruise precariously clung to the side of a moving A400 plane mid-air.
The very last board he clung on to, that of Tata Sons itself, is rid of him as of this week.
Even in Germany, the rich country where making things has clung on tightest, only one in five workers is in manufacturing.
The Republicans appeared to have clung on in a special election for a congressional seat in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio.
Plus, unlike some sprays or roller balls, this balm clung to my skin and lasted a full workday (and then some).
Unfortunately, it seems that some people have really clung to the idea that there's some kind of hierarchy of birthing methods.
Despite input from others that he could not accomplish what he proposed, he clung to his grandiose plan until the end.
It's not lost on me that something Ana brought into my life became something I clung to after she left it.
Nevertheless, the M2 clung to track like a baby gorilla clinging to its mother and was ready for the next turn.
Authorities said Lubin spit in one demonstrator&aposs face and clung on to another demonstrator as police tried to arrest her.
In currencies, the dollar clung to its earlier gains against a basket of currencies as Wall Street's major indexes edged up.
The squirrel fiercely clung to the officer's leg, undeterred by the weapons on the belt a mere few inches from him.
The wet, freshly-diced onion clung to the plastic container, and I had to use a spatula to fully clean it.
Some children clung to their parents while others hovered at the back door, gleefully spotting hidden Easter eggs in the backyard.
My legs began to shake; I clung to my carry-on and looked away until I felt someone touching my shoulder.
Centre-left leader Romano Prodi was similarly constrained after an election in 1996, and clung to power for only two years.
The Canadian dollar clung to modest gains at $1.3432 to the U.S. dollar after the text of Patterson's speech was released.
MARKETS NEWS * Asian stocks clung to narrow ranges as investors awaited fresh clues on the progress of U.S.-China trade negotiations.
Freud thought that human beings clung to old religious ways because we never stopped being children yearning for a father figure.
He clung on at 3-5, saving two match points, then had a break point as Federer served for the match.
But I clung to my faith and the Quran, the memory of my courageous father, and the love of my family.
It was Boy Bar on St. Marks Place, and I clung to someone I knew named Debbie who was temporarily lesbian.
Most major Asian indexes slid on Thursday even though a broad index of equities in the region clung to slight gains.
Two years after his term expired, Kabila has clung to power by violently cracking down on protests and suppressing the opposition.
I was determined to swim anyway, but it clung everywhere, catching in the crooks of my elbows, my knees, my hair.
They painted their faces, waved flags, and clung to signs, posters, placards—anything that bore the image of their bearded comandante.
The morning mists still clung to the citizens of Salt Lake City when The Comet flashed along the quiet back streets.
That ethos was something he clung to when he decided to dust off that 2014 "Only Trying 2 Tell U" demo.
Mr. Denham clung to his seat in 2016 by just a few percentage points even as Hillary Clinton won the district.
As other boys ran around outside, kicking a soccer ball made of rags and twine, he clung weakly to his mother.
He clung to power while both political corruption and a secessionist conflict with the wealthy and powerful region of Catalonia festered.
How do these results fit with the stories I've long clung to that connected my past, my present and my future?
Corn followed soybeans lower while nearby Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures clung to modest gains, supported by inter-market spreading.
An aura of fate clung to us, which made everything about our brief romance way more exciting than it probably was.
She clung to those lies for years and only half fessed up to it when she decided to run for president.
The Australian dollar, viewed as a barometer of Chinese growth, clung to gains from Monday and emerging market currencies edged higher.
Maduro, who still has the support of Venezuela's military, has clung to power with the support of Russia, China and Cuba.
On their way down the mountain, several mourners broke off pieces of stray ice that clung in garlands to the rocks.
For 58 years, the expulsions clung to them through college transfer applications, job interviews and in most cases to the grave.
Or maybe, unable to climb down, it had clung to the branches, exhausted, and grown weaker and weaker until it died.
The officer continued to activate the device as it clung to Mr. Bear-heels, who resisted being dragged into the vehicle.
Arkansas clung to a 23-1 lead until Joe scored his first points on a 223-pointer with 217:216 left.
However, in our zeal to make things go away, we may sweep aside messages that we otherwise should have clung to.
No Republican has won statewide office since 2009, yet they've clung to slim majorities in both chambers of the state assembly.
The two clung to the rescue pod and made it to shore, where lifeguards were waiting, Surf Life Saving NSW said.
Since he was one of the few Tories to have clung on to their seats, his views may carry some weight.
MSCI's emerging equity index was modestly firmer, and unlike most other indexes it has clung to slender year-to-date gains.
On the last day, I clung to my childhood best friend, an Eritrean who had not yet been targeted for expulsion.
However, as my due date came near, I clung to a fear of pain and the unknowns out of my control.
One of them clung to both a teddy bear and a large bottle of Pedialyte, to soothe her dehydration and flu.
And even though wisps of tradition clung to the hours of preparation for a familiar rendition, the circumstances were less customary.
In 1881, President James Garfield was shot twice in the back but stubbornly clung to life for 80 days while completely incapacitated.
It wasn't dirt soiling his shirts, it was pollution—a dark soot that clung to the fabric like a coat of paint.
The 93-year-old Mugabe had clung on for a week after an army takeover, with ZANU-PF urging him to go.
Silva lumbered forwards, suffered a short right on the chin, and succumbed to elbows as he clung to the lofty Dutchman's leg.
Financials clung to gains, while consumer discretionary was among the top advancers with the S&P Retail ETF (XRT) up 1.2 percent.
Suddenly I longed for the intimacy of it, for the way we clung to each other in the middle of the night.
Mr Jammeh had clung to power since a coup in 1994 and often seemed to combine some of African leaders' worst traits.
In the fifth franchise installment, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Cruise precariously clung to the side of a moving A400 plane mid-air.
Jet still has a market capitalization of nearly $400 million, as investors have clung onto hopes of a rescue deal being clinched.
U.S. crude oil futures clung to gains in the settle to end up 13 cents, or 503 percent, at $43.78 a barrel.
"It is conceded with increasing reluctance on one side and clung to as an article of faith by the other," they wrote.
The nanoparticles clung on for nearly two months, allowing the mice to see both NIR and visible light with minimal side effects.
From then on whenever Verhoeven got close enough to trade and felt Schilt's gloves taking a hold, he clung for dear life.
Images of endangered animals climbed the columns and domes of the magnificent Italian church, and giant illuminated butterflies clung to its walls.
They had opened roughly 1 percent lower as some investors who had clung on to hopes of MSCI inclusion unwound their bets.
It wasn't long ago that he would have clung to that notion desperately, but it feels like he has actually moved on.
Rather than resting on his ears as normal glasses do, they clung to the sides of his head like a huge spider.
This is a long way short of the 1 billion tonnes a year that Rio had resolutely clung to, and furthermore defended.
Chinese leaders opened the door to soyabean imports even as they clung to a policy of self-sufficiency in staple food grains.
My mom and I clung to her, hardly understanding all she had witnessed, and there began our 20-year journey to healing.
The accusations would only increase doubts about Steele's reputation that had clung to him since BuzzFeed published the dossier , in January, 2017.
The Rays always used the full dirt infield, but until this season the Blue Jays clung to the cutouts out of need.
Victim A had even clung anxiously to Vafeades's arm in the moments before Minnesota state troopers separated them, according to legal documents.
Though it was noon and the sun was strong, mist clung to the headland, blanketing the beach like something from Emily Brontë.
As the southern portion was cleared, shelters were bulldozed while the displaced clung to their belongings, squatting on roofs during a hailstorm.
Mr Assad's father, Hafez, a member of the Alawite minority, clung to power partly by holding the line between the country's faiths.
As he clung to power, security forces sprayed protesters with bullets and detained hundreds as the government attempted to quash any resistance.
While many in Gaza speak of death as preferable to the here-and-now, Ms. Najjar "clung to life," her mother said.
A line of descending men overhead clung to the rope ladder as it swayed perilously out and slammed back into the hull.
He showed off what was left of his tiny garden, where a few tomatoes and bell peppers clung precariously to their stalks.
And overnight rains compounded the deteriorating situation, turning the coarse ash into thick, solidifying mud that clung to cars, windows and roofs.
It reminds him of the freight trains he clung to during his 2,500-mile trek from southern Guatemala to the United States.
The polls indicate he might be right: His Conservative Party has clung to a steady, if narrowing, lead over the Labour Party.
Misys has clung to its base of third-tier banks, while selling them follow-on products for lending, payments, digital customer portals.
Major exporters, including technology and automaker names, as well as financials ended in negative territory, although some manufacturing names clung to gains.
In Beira, where 90% of the city was destroyed, people clung to rooftops as they waited to be rescued, aid agencies reported.
As I clung to a rockface, an eagle launched, shrieking, from a ledge just above me and sailed into the blue distance.
That Mr. Trump clung to such a compromised person in such a sensitive position is at best an abysmal failure of judgment.
Tampa Bay clung to a one-goal lead until midway through the third period, when Seabrook evened the score at 1-23.
But most pundits still clung to the belief that pragmatism would win out and Republicans would nominate an establishment insider in 2016.
Between then and the latest Nielsen report, Mr. Fallon had clung to the lead among the 303-to-230-year-old crowd.
Whiting's eight-year-old daughter clung to her arm as she opened the door to let Amy de la Fuente into her home.
On the Pacific Coast, state Republican Parties have generally clung to conservative ideology and simply contented themselves to be outvoted in statewide races.
Last March, a cluster of honey bees clung to the screen behind home plate during a game and floated around players and fans.
While the lira clung above record lows, tensions between Washington and Ankara remained on the boil, keeping the currency on a shaky footing.
Hers took off after an attractive woman in a jogging outfit and mine clung to me like a toddler hugging his mother's legs.
Crosshatches of char overpowered the sole's exquisite flavor, and yet the thickest part of the fish clung to the spine, not fully cooked.
Garbage — rags, plastic bags, plastic foam food containers — clung to the freshly cut tree branches piled up in the river's nooks and crannies.
For our concerns, we were told to get ready for a "fundamental transformation"; we were bitter and clung to our guns and God.
When Mr. Shettima arrived at the compound on a recent afternoon, the girl clung to him, clasping his gray robe in her hand.
The daughter clung to her father, waited for him to come back from work to explain math to her, wouldn't leave his side.
Somehow, Martinez clung to Calvo's bike and forced Calvo to pull over, while Martinez was hanging off the back of his opponent's bike.
These are words that evoke refugees past, images of other populations who clung to the hope that one day their fate would change.
Even so, he came within spitting distance of beating King, who clung to his seat by about 2,20183 votes, a razor-thin margin.
Some bags were fully inflated, turning the dancers into giant, sentient black balloons, while others were deflated and clung tightly to their bodies.
And after all that, in a conservative-leaning district outside Columbus, the Republican candidate clung to the narrowest of leads on Tuesday night.
At that time, too, Homo erectus, one of the oldest members of our genus, still clung to existence in what is now Indonesia.
After the slap attack, the octopus clung to the bottom of Mr. Mulinder's kayak, and the group's guide freed it with his oar.
It wasn't so long ago that Republicans and some Democrats clung to Uber as a breakthrough in an otherwise stagnant U.S. economy. Sen.
They clung to cups of cornmeal porridge, not sure if the next ration might be smaller, or if it would exist at all.
The only S&P500 index gainers in the sea of red was the defensive utilities sector, which clung to a 0.16 percent gain.
When my gifted young friends started coming down with it, I marveled how their parents clung to Senator Helms's blame-the-victim invective.
Until then, he says, like many other relatives, they had clung on to the futile hope that perhaps there had been a mistake.
Instead of acknowledging these gains, Mr. Sessions has clung to the familiar myth that longer, harsher sentences reduce crime and increase public safety.
Others simply clung to each other as the crowd held a minute of silence for Alex Chow, a university student who died Friday.
Unfortunately for May, she lost her majority, but she clung to power thanks to a deal with the ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party.
There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.
Obama complained in 2008 that certain voters clung to their guns and religion, but he also made clear he respected the Second Amendment.
As soon as the Fenty founder hinted at dropping "R9," fans clung to hope that she would release the highly anticipated album soon.
Staley clung to the 10% ambition on Thursday, but admitted it had become harder given low interest rates and a "challenging macroeconomic environment".
Despite a few major droughts and the Dust Bowl exodus in the 1930s, a number of these settlers clung to their cattle outposts.
It's a system that's stubbornly clung to Huxley's tunnel vision, even in the face of evidence so alarming Baird could scarcely have imagined.
The drink has clung to relevance through years of high-end reinvention, with the right kind of bartenders attempting to class it up.
Stocks climbed on Wednesday as investors clung to hope for an international deal to stem a global glut in crude oil by cutting production.
Alone in the dark, Marlin­spike clung to the hull and realized, with slow and lonely certainty, that he was very likely going to die.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.4 percent overnight, but clung on for a 0.8 percent gain for the week.
The mother of two, 29, shared photos of herself in a red velvet dress that clung to her slim figure on Instagram Tuesday morning.
The roots of these trees knit together and, when the high-speed winds hit, they clung to the ridge tops, holding each other up.
The ferocity with which Vanessa clung to her faith in God, and the frigid disappointment with which she abandoned it, felt radical and genuine.
I clung onto every new label I found, hoping that it would be the definitive answer I was seeking, but was always left unsatisfied.
The perfume that clung to her coat, her scarves, detectable sometimes for hours on my babies' hair after she'd been carrying and kissing them.
Xiaomi topped the wearables market twice during the year with its cheap fitness trackers, and Fitbit clung on stolidly though its ups and downs.
Since then, relatives of the 45-year-old have clung to a fading sense of hope that some sign of him will turn up.
The leaders of the independence drive have clung to the belief that if they create enough disruption, "Europe" would step in to support them.
Revolutions and a couple of world wars brought monarchies tumbling down across Europe; they clung on only in the southern, northern and western peripheries.
A last few passengers clung together there waiting for rescue, the others having already thrown themselves into the sea to escape the foundering vessel.
The champion immediately went after Hendricks' leg and clung to it for the first half of the round, unable to take the wrestler down.
The Wall Street bank today is worth $80 billion, some of which would have accrued to any Sears owners who clung to their shares.
Shares of exporters such as automakers gained as the dollar clung above the 21 yen threshold despite the recent decline in U.S. bond yields.
But around the same age, his dad passed away from cirrhosis of the liver; music became something oddCouple clung to, to fill the void.
DeSantis clung tightly to President Donald Trump, except when Trump advanced a conspiracy theory about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
That Girls has neglected its past or New Girl has clung to it won't stop fans from watching now that we're this far along.
He clung to power by rigging elections—last year he was re-elected with supposedly 90% of the vote—and by ruthlessly crushing dissent.
Zimbabwe's elections in past years have been marred by widespread violence and fraud, as former President Robert Mugabe clung to power for 37 years.
The Wii U presented a rare major misfire for the gaming giant, while its executives stubbornly clung to a strategy that actively excluded smartphones.
When he challenged her to a race and sped off, she playfully clung to him before losing her balance and tumbled to the ice.
In contrast to the Uighurs in Xinjiang, the Yugurs clung to their traditional steppe culture for centuries and did not settle into farming oases.
" A mounting quiver ran down my spine when his tongue clung to each curve of every "s" sound in the phrase "ensnare the senses.
But Mugabe clung to power for a further six days, quitting only after his party ousted him as leader, and Parliament began impeachment proceedings.
This wouldn't be the first time other nations have clung to internal discord in hopes of undermining a sitting president's tougher policies against them.
The couple dozen [soldiers in the battalion I advised] from other ethnic groups — Assyrians, Turkmen, and the like — clung to each other for safety.
The early round was once again all Cikatic as Hug clung on and ran away when he could, but again Cikatic slowed mid round.
Kelly spent the majority of the first round fending off choke attempts from the prodigal Brazilian who clung to him with a body triangle.
Our troops exchanged fire with them daily as they clung to the doors of their Cobras and Hueys and fired machine guns at us.
Most of the 42 percent who objected clung to the psychoanalytic view articulated by Sigmund Freud in 1914 that homosexuality was a developmental problem.
In fact, the vast bulk of Southern white evangelicals defended slavery, clung to the Lost Cause, fought Reconstruction, and designed and defended Jim Crow.
While Americans in Puerto Rico clung to life on an island without power or adequate water and food, Trump tweeted 24 times about football.
Children's Books When I was a girl, my friends and I clung to each other and even to our teachers during the June goodbyes.
We clung to evidence to the contrary, and let it nourish our hope that we would go home one day with our honor intact.
The Syrian government has clung to a pocket of territory in Deir al-Zor city, the provincial capital, and at a nearby air base.
A small group of growers, who clung to the notion of making fine wine despite the Nouveau craze, served as a model for others.
While newer models are more forgiving of mishits, Stenson clung to his old club for longer than most since first using it in 2011.
But even as people have clung to the incident, and pointed to other similar actions from Pachulia's past, he has brushed off the criticism.
Fleeing war As Lee and her husband's family continued south, she clung onto hope that he and Sang Chol would catch up with them.
Steam has long clung to a relatively dated user interface, so the refresh is a welcome change for the nearly 16-year-old service.
That could include heat from Trump's own hard-care base, to which he has clung ever more tightly as his overall popularity has fallen.
They and other parents clung to hope after rescue teams reported a teacher and two students had sent text messages from within the rubble.
Despite the will of the people, the Republican-controlled Congress clung to its do-nothing approach after the Parkland shooting and others like it.
Clinton similarly argued for a more muscular approach in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad has ruthlessly clung to power amid a bloody civil war.
Evidently until three or four days ago the Germans still clung to their hope of capturing Verdun and spared the city as much as possible.
These animals may have clung to rafts of natural vegetation, which were washed out from the mouths of large South American rivers, the researchers say.
Her Bachelor's thesis at Harvard was about the last remnants of the French aristocracy, and how they clung to aged decorum despite the changing times.
He clung to a 191-vote lead over his Republican primary opponent, current Governor Jeff Colyer, with potentially thousands more provisional and absentee ballots outstanding.
"Macbeth," which opened Sunday, is an anatomy of corruption, inscribing the path from power foretold to power seized to power clung to at all costs.
Speaking to others who caught the film at Sundance, I got the impression that it clung to their hearts just as it did to mine.
IN THE early days of Donald Trump's presidency, many opponents clung to the hope that his elder daughter, Ivanka, could act as a restraining force.
To some extent, I can juggle these, but I've always clung to skin care as my specialty because, ultimately, that's what K-beauty orbits around.
Yet when the votes were tallied, the great survivor clung to power: the opposition fell 24 votes short of the 201 needed to remove him.
During her September press conference, Yellen stubbornly clung to the misconception that it is only possible to tell if a bubble exists after it bursts.
It seems that any support for pedophilia was the final straw for backers who clung to "free speech" whenever Yiannopolous faced criticism in the past. 
Eight of us, including my dad, clung to tangled vines to steady ourselves against the slippery undergrowth along a slope in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.
Though she was freezing and scared, officers believe the kitten had successfully clung to the SUV's undercarriage for the duration of the 18-mile trip.
Benchmark U.S. 10-year government notes were up 10/32 in price with a yield of 1.893 percent, as Treasury prices clung to earlier gains.
Her hope clung to a strange letter she had received in the mail, apparently sent by Cesnik and postmarked the day after she went missing.
Twelve years later, as France prepares for the first round of a presidential election next week, the political debate has largely clung to these terms.
All that remained 101 years later was the rusted metal shell of the scow that clung to the rocks like a statue — until last week.
President Nicolas Maduro has clung to power despite a full-blown economic crisis, but a default is seen as hastening the demise of his regime.
He clung on to his job despite suffering an early exit in the Confederations Cup by coming third in their group behind Portugal and Mexico.
A firefighter gave me permission to unstrap them; my son was happy to be out of his car seat, but my daughter clung to me.
With an announced crowd of 10,227 at Madison Square Garden frantically waving orange, blue and white towels, the Mercury clung to a 17-86 advantage.
Several index heavyweights, however, clung to gains, with Fanuc higher by 279.37 percent and Fast Retailing rising 0.19.620 percent by the end of the day.
But a residue of pettiness clung to those tales, with their self-contained world of school rules, whereas the outrage in "The Insult" is uncontainable.
That the league efforted, in football parlance, to tweak its rules and still clung to an inequitable solution inferior to Durbin's feels like pure hubris.
I'll never forget that moment as I clung on to my father because the look in Gilbert's eye—that I had betrayed him—haunted me.
When the conductor tried to haul her from the car, she clung onto his coat, and a policeman eventually threw her out onto the sidewalk.
When the P.T.M. started last year, its leaders were blunt about the prospect of being jailed or killed even as they clung to nonviolent protest.
"At first I resented the diagnosis and clung to the hope that I had something else," she wrote in the journal Neurology Now in 20113.
I clung to the advice my hilarious friend Dylan gave me when I asked him about how to avoid shitting the bed on the road.
"I tried all I can to do CPR!" she sobbed as she clung to the fence surrounding the pool where her boys lost their lives.
Getting Mr. Mattis to abandon the apolitical stand he has clung to his entire life will be next to impossible, his friends and aides said.
At La Belle, Ronal Dubon and Denia Duque and their daughter, Dixy, 16, clung to their farm life as the only safe life they knew.
As President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party have clung to power through violence, they have increasingly turned to the Great Zimbabwe for vindication.
And Joe Biden clung to his central theme of embracing his former boss, President Barack Obama, while progressive candidates pressed the case for broader change.
Montoya said that the last time he saw his daughter, "she clung on to me and screamed" when he dropped her off at her mother's.
His friends were a band of fellow-Afghan boys who clung together with a staunchness that was directly proportional to their lack of parental protection.
While some fans clung to the notion of his innocence, the weight of the allegations against him has been too much for many to ignore.
Portland has instead clung to the hope that Jusuf Nurkic will keep inching closer to becoming the consistent third wheel it has needed for ages.
Some clung to the idea that Donald Trump didn't believe anything he said, and that therefore if he said something he must believe the opposite.
The result, she found, was that each molecule of the material clung on to six molecules of urea—a payload big enough to justify further testing.
Over the past 40 years, the vehicle has clung to the angular, boxy, working-class look—but a peek inside reveals this car has gone soft.
The Communist Party in August issued a revised set of regulations governing its members behavior, threatening punishments or expulsion for anyone who clung to religious beliefs.
Kenneth Watson was accused of cruelty and child desertion after he allegedly tossed his children from a car as one clung onto the bumper, police said.
While Alibaba, Tencent, and others developed products like WeChat that enticed Chinese internet users to fall in love with their phones, Baidu clung stubbornly to desktops.
A new industry standard would have been set in a business that has clung to the belief that you close the theatrical window at your peril.
The political turmoil is roiling markets, putting sterling through its worst day since 2016 on Thursday although it stabilised on Friday as May clung onto power.
Even later, as much of the country acquiesced to the greed-is-good eighties and the end-of-history nineties, Esalen clung to its exceptionalist vibe.
Pei's partner Henry Cobb had designed the building, and the tower opened in 1976 to become a Boston landmark, but notoriety clung to the firm. 1.
Optimists have long clung to the hope that what the RAND Corporation, in a newly published study, calls "truth decay" can be vanquished with clearer thinking.
Mad Max's various installments touch on the few civilizations that have clung to life in their respective wastelands, but few, if any, resemble our modern societies.
For the pair's nighttime outing, the 20-year-old Lip Kit mogul wore an Alexander Wang top with matching leggings that clung to her enviable curves.
Suddenly other clubs were rivalling us and, no matter how tightly we clung to our faded grandeur, we could no longer claim to be the best.
The benchmark 10-year yield clung to an 11-basis-point margin over its two-year counterpart, although it was the smallest in over a decade.
Mr Karimov has clung to power by rigging elections—last year he was re-elected with supposedly 90% of the vote—and by ruthlessly crushing dissent.
"I just tell them that it's gonna get better," Hernandez said, his eyes, red-rimmed from crying, as one of his daughters clung to his leg.
Meanwhile, the challengers clung to a single two-word phrase — "lawfully present" — that the Obama administration used in a legal memo setting out its 2014 policy.
What's amazing is the tenacity with which the gods of Disney, for all the novelties of their digital art, have clung to the formulas of yore.
Clinton clung to Mr. Comey's remark at the hearing suggesting that some of the emails that she sent or received were not clearly marked as classified.
It gave the Yankees a cushion they clung to with the determination and desperation they are showing as they try to stay in the playoff race.
"There's some sedition in it," Mr. Mac said the morning after the barn performance, his face scrubbed fresh, though bits of glitter clung to it still.
Certain that arch-capitalist Britain was his country's foremost enemy, he clung to his strange-bedfellows partnership with Germany long after Hitler had abandoned the arrangement.
Of the soft-Brexit candidates, the home secretary, Amber Rudd, appears well placed, despite having only just clung on to her parliamentary seat in June's election.
It became my goal to work in opera, and it's what I clung to every time I wanted to quit school or never leave the house.
" Stories like Wilkins's, Oriard added, "are confirmation that this ideal that we've clung to for a long time — skeptically or cynically or unconsciously — is still alive.
The political turmoil is roiling markets, putting sterling through its worst day since 2016 on Thursday although it stabilized on Friday as May clung onto power.
But many clung to the belief that once they arrived at the border, the president's heart would be touched and the gates would magically swing open.
He clung to a rope on a side of the Cap Arcona that was not yet ablaze, and a fellow prisoner later pulled him to safety.
PALORINYA, Uganda — On a pale dirt road in the Palorinya refugee camp in northern Uganda, Raida Ijo clung to her 232-year-old son, Charles Abu.
They clung to everything they could: tins of clothes, bundles of blankets, pots and pans, 11 charpoy beds, 40 chickens, two pigeons, a goat and more.
They had clung to faint hope that the State of Louisiana would right what they perceived as a "grievous wrong" by armed instruments of the state.
It felt as if my insides clung to the top of my body and then moments later slowly made their way back to their rightful places.
The Bakersfield sound clung tenaciously to country's most twangy, sinewy elements — bluegrass, Western swing, honky-tonk, rockabilly — to accompany lean, down-to-earth, working-class storytelling.
Howard only took one shot in the opening 254 minutes — an errant 3-pointer — but he handed out three assists as Marquette clung within 22-17.
For years, frustrated and terrified at the slow pace of change, climate hawks have clung to the notion that progress need not be linear and incremental.
They clung to manners of speech and dress that were distinct from the (predominantly white) mainstream and that fostered a disregard, even a disdain, for assimilation.
My eyes were smeared with black makeup, my face was red from crying, my lips were swollen; a thick, whitish substance clung stubbornly around my mouth.
After losing him to the waters, the man was forced outside, where he survived by swimming to a nearby tree -- to which he clung for hours.
The home pregnancy test she bought at Walmart was positive, but she clung to the movie plotlines she'd seen where tests came back with false results.
Mr. Maduro, with the opposition divided and the armed forces behind him, tenaciously clung to power, largely blaming a hostile United States for the country's woes.
As Islamic State clung to its last scrap of land, the head of Britain's spy agency MI6 warned that the group would return to "asymmetric" attacks.
Whatever he said, and whatever he did, conservatives clung on to the tiger's tail, convinced Trump would deliver them a Supreme Court pick they could get behind.
It clung onto legacy oilfields in the Permian that go back to the 1920s, and has 2m acres there, compared with the 250,000 recently bought by ExxonMobil.
The Dow Jones industrial average clung to gains of less than 10 points, with Boeing contributing the most to gains and Apple having the greatest negative impact.
They clung onto a top-four position each season, which secured them a place in the Champions League (Europe's major knockout tournament) and much-needed television revenue.
Reports had suggested up to a quarter of her ministers might go, but in the end few changes were made as senior ministers clung to their jobs.
As of Wednesday evening, hours after Clinton called Trump to concede, the former secretary of state clung to a narrow lead in the popular vote, 47.7%-47.5%.
Shelters were bulldozed while the displaced clung to their belongings, squatting on roofs during pounding hailstones in futile attempts to protect their only semblance of a home.
The fabric clung to my mobile meat sticks anyway, and in an A-line dress, I could appear to have a more pleasing physique, whatever that meant.
In Germany last weekend the centrists clung on to power, after members of the Social Democratic Party approved a new "grand coalition" with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
In 2016, Maia clung to Matt Brown's back and wore down his defenses over three rounds to sink a choke with thirty seconds left in the fight.
She's not as smart as her father was, and so far she's clung on to the throne through a mixture of sheer will and pure aggression alone.
The FTSE 100 ended 8.13 percent higher and the FTSE 250 closed 0.1 percent higher and clung to its four-month high hit in the last session.
Meanwhile, the rose briefly after the Reserve Bank of Australia left key rates unchanged earlier Tuesday and policy-makers clung to an optimistic outlook on the economy.
The S&P 500 clung to year-to-date gains in the close after briefly erasing them as the major averages temporarily turned lower in afternoon trade.
When Gracie finally got a hold of Takada's leg, Takada looped his arm over the top rope and clung for dear life until the referee broke them.
XP is was so popular that millions of users, some of them in government and business, have clung to the operating system despite its increasing security issues.
In the event the Socialists clung on to their position as the largest force on the left, winning 22.7% of the vote and 85 seats (down five).
So power is exerted almost entirely within the organization, among its pious militants, generations of whom have clung to their lovely discipline throughout a vast, indifferent history.
Will it suffer the fate of Africa's other liberation movements, which, years after abandoning their original ideals, have clung to power through patronage, coercion or even force?
For example, at various times during the '28503s, '22019s, and '00s, Democrats clung to a power share in the Pennsylvania state legislature despite rising statewide Republican support.
When my father-in-law died of cancer, we clung to his precious last moments of consciousness, fearful the palliative drugs would take him away too soon.
She clung on to get to a tiebreak but was well beaten in it and an early break in the second set put Halep 3-1 up.
Overall, my notes grew to over 250 partial fills that were good enough to consider submitting, an indicator of how stubbornly I clung to my seed entries.
Hollywood power players have long clung to the fantasy that the world revolves around them, as if it were 22 and they were all Louis B. Mayer.
"I'm going to fall!" a man repeatedly said in Spanish as he clung to the scaffolding that dangled against a building on East 0003th Street in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, media companies have been much too slow to shift to digital; they've clung to print and broadcast, even when it was clear audiences are moving elsewhere.
It also clung to power despite a spate of protests across the country in late 19533 and early 2018, in which labor rights were a major issue.
DePaul clung within striking range at the outset of the second half as the Bulldogs endured an extended stretch where they missed 21993 of 13 3-pointers.
Two staffers in moose costumes clung to the iceberg as they floated alongside a dinner cruise, which was slated to host, among others, presidential hopeful Scott Walker.
In the most recent Franklin and Marshall survey, Trump clung to a narrow lead, at 33 percent, with Kasich at 21625 percent and Cruz at 2900 percent.
The nine other survivors clung to a plank from PT-19603 and reached the island, an uninhabited dot in the Solomon Islands chain, after around four hours.
Throughout these years, the burgeoning civil liberties movement clung to "un-American" as a useful critique, insisting that restrictive speech and immigration laws violated essential American principles.
The day after the 2016 election, prominent state Democrats clung to the idea that Mr. Trump, at the least, was a passionate defender of New York. Gov.
It was as thin as buffalo sauce from Popeyes (perhaps a hair thinner), but it clung more easily to the chicken and didn't leave an unpleasant aftertaste.
In Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, who was accused of trying to trade away a Senate seat, clung to office until he was impeached and removed by the Legislature.
Their discovery reinforced the fact that even as times changed, the institute clung to an image of a heroine savior coming to the rescue of innocent children.
During the campaign, DeSantis clung tightly to President Donald Trump, except when Trump advanced a conspiracy theory about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
And when someone came in from outside, that magical woodsy tree scent clung to them, somehow making them more human and more animal at the same time.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , which briefly climbed to its highest level since August 20.6, clung to gains and was last up 2104.75 percent.
Financials, the top performer since the election, clung to slight gains while energy, the third-worst performer since the election, was among three S&P 500 decliners Monday.
His opponents were outraged, which delighted his supporters, even as the Republican leadership clung to a self-interested hope that, surely, the president could not have been serious.
I realized, with humiliation and fear, that many of the panacea-promising ideologies I clung to—like veganism—might not bear out in the grit of real life.
It runs from Mexico's border with Guatemala to its border with the United States and, for decades, migrants have clung to it to speed through much of Mexico.
Jenner, wearing a bright red bikini, gold body chains and braids in her hair, clung to her rapper beau's back as the two splashed around in the water.
He had clung on for a week after an army takeover and expulsion from his ZANU-PF party, but quit after parliament began an impeachment process against him.
Pregnancy rumors swirled around Kendall Jenner after she posted a photo, Friday, in which she was wearing a skin-tight polka dot dress that clung to her curves.
Despite the claims he not only clung on to his job but also continued to sit on a committee that adjudicates over questions of behaviour in the Commons.
The dollar clung to a two-month high against a basket of currencies after better-than-expected U.S. GDP data last week enhanced its attraction against its rivals.
When the boat carrying 220 people began taking on water, the two sisters jumped out and clung to its side, furiously kicking to safety, the Associated Press reported.
They fought and made love in the dense jungle that clung to the hillsides, along the serpentine streets, on rice paddies, near ancestral temples, and sacred Banyan trees.
He didn't remember her beyond the vignettes of memory afforded to him, and yet he clung to each of those like a love letter from someone long-lost.
The sprawling campground was dusty; a glistening lake reflected the evergreens surrounding it, and trees clung onto the last twinkles of greenness before the winter turned them ocher.
The mass of arctic air had clung to a swath of the U.S. from Iowa and the Dakotas across the Great Lakes region and into Maine for days.
The fundamental problem is both that there are too many banks in Europe and that many are not profitable enough because they have clung to flawed business models.
When the boat carrying 20 people began taking on water, the two sisters jumped out and clung to its side, furiously kicking to safety, the Associated Press reported.
For another week, Mugabe clung on to the presidency as Chiwenga and his forces tried to engineer a peaceful, and quasi-legal, exit for the long-serving leader.
The hangover is an unknowably adult thing, a manifestation of aging's ruining properties, proof that youth should be savored, cherished, clung tightly to—because the alternative is hellish.
One theory was that Alcides lived because, when the scaffolding gave way, he lay flat and clung to the platform, as professional window washers are trained to do.
Her remarks also annoyed the White House, which at that time still clung to the hope that President Obama's policy of "resetting" relations with Russia could be salvaged.
She clung to a window frame and then the conductor's coat before a police officer threw her off — but not before she put the driver in his place.
Ms. Holmes, who clung to her position as chief executive even after revelations about Theranos first surfaced three years ago, will be stripped of control of her company.
LOS ANGELES — The Weinstein Company clung to life longer than anyone in Hollywood expected following a sexual harassment scandal so big that it started a global workplace reckoning.
"We held up fish to show we were not a threat," said Abdo Afdah, 30, who was shot in the hand as he clung to the upturned boat.
If anything, they were lucky — some small groups of burrowing bettongs clung on at a few islands that were relatively sheltered from the ravages visited on the mainland.
Somehow, even as the energy drained from their legs and the tension gripped their minds, this team that glimpses the future and echoes the past, had clung on.
Dr. Beth O'Connor, a psychiatrist working with Doctors Without Borders, said that when she arrived last year, people clung to the hope of resettlement in the United States.
Further on, we sidled along a steep rock wall and then entered a modern tunnel that bypasses the old road, which clung to the cliff above the fjord.
" Describing the photo is where her writing is most vivid, her shame most palpable: "My wet tank top clung to my body, accentuating my bloated breasts and stomach.
Literally, Lamb clung to guns and religion to take down Saccone, the hangdog Republican candidate who projected all the vigor of a wilted salad in his own campaign.
After all four batters he faced in the inning had reached base, Gsellman was pulled for reliever Hansel Robles as the Mets clung to a 4-3 lead.
Throughout this process, I have clung to a quote by C.S. Lewis, where he says, my argument against God was that the universe seems so cruel and unjust.
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault clung to full-year targets on Friday as declining overseas sales and business with Japanese partner Nissan led to a 215 percent first-quarter revenue drop.
Lipinski clung to a 51 to 49 percent lead with 95 percent of the votes counted, but Newman said she would not concede until all the votes were counted.
He was tied to a fence in a remote area, where he clung to life for 18 hours in freezing conditions until he was discovered by a passing cyclist.
The setting wasn't what she was used to: the weight machines were old and rusty, and monkeys clung to the bars on the windows as parrots flew by outside.
From a helicopter, Los Angeles fire officials rescued a man as he clung to a tree near a bridge as the swollen Los Angeles River nearly swept him under.
Analysts, pundits, fans and players have been incredulous as unfancied Leicester City - pronounced "Lester" and nicknamed The Foxes - has clung to the top spot through the last eight months.
Nina told Ms Carlberg she clung to the thought that one day, back home, Raoul would take his tin soldiers out of their boxes and enjoy arranging them again.
For the casual outing, Kardashian West, 38, wore a form-fitting asymmetrical dress that clung to her enviable curves, pairing her ensemble with blue sandals and a small clutch.
"I'm really, really happy because my ultimate goal was to get a medal at the Olympics," she said as she clung on to the silver medal around her neck.
LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise has jumped off buildings, slid off skyscrapers and clung onto the outside of a plane during take-off in his roles as action movie hero.
Meanwhile, the Australian dollar rose briefly after the Reserve bank of Australia left key rates unchanged earlier Tuesday and policy-makers clung to an optimistic outlook on the economy.
Thus a charge of trickiness in Lloyd George or indolence in Baldwin or indiscretion in Hugh Dalton clung to them like a spot of grease on a pale suit.
Ms. Carpenter followed a familiar descent into a trying circle of group and foster homes, but she clung to the hope that she could reverse her course through education.
Republicans and Kavanaugh defenders have clung to the line that there has been no corroboration of the accusations made against the Supreme Court nominee by Ford and Deborah Ramirez.
What its supporters see as a classic style has shed much of the Nazi-tinged stigma that clung to it since it was promoted under Hitler, himself an Austrian.
She wrote about how the children clung to their foster parents and did not try to explore the world around them, as many wide-eyed toddlers tend to do.
Children with runny noses and mosquito bites smiled sweetly and clung to visitors, taking them by the hand and beckoning them to inspect the sordid alleyways between the tents.
"They drift with it across the sound," he said, adding that at some point, the adults got out of the kayak and clung to it, leaving the girl inside.
Meanwhile, the Australian dollar rose briefly after the Reserve Bank of Australia left key rates unchanged earlier Tuesday and policy-makers clung to an optimistic outlook on the economy.
In recent years, they've clung to these freedoms even more tightly amid a growing mistrust of the government and the perception that China is encroaching on Hong Kong's autonomy.
The Australian dollar dropped 1.12 percent, last at $0.726 as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power after several of his senior ministers called for a second leadership vote.
Given the depth and longevity of Venezuela's political and economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro, the salsa-loving successor to strongman Hugo Chavez, has clung to power with remarkable tenacity.
Following the grittiness of series like Call of Duty and Gears of War, video game stories from big publishers have regularly clung to at least a semblance of realism.
Out of the wildness, the branch of an oak plucked her from the water and she clung there, animal, as orange dawned over the marsh made alien with mud.
By then, I knew to dip my hot hands in cool water before I worked with dough, but this batch clung, staunch in its attraction to the metal table.
They clung to narrow leads on Wednesday evening in two of the three unresolved races, and were headed to a runoff in which they were favored in the third.
Lost in these scenes, I tunneled within myself, locating the details of what mental images I've clung to most and what that might say about who I am now.
"I just want to go back to a normal life," said Jeanetta Yahani, 34, as her son Ahmed, 3, clung to her leg and shook with a violent cough.
That is a message that offered an unpalatable reminder to leaders who have clung to power for decades in Africa — from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to Eritrea and Uganda.
Kris's younger son, Joshua, cried that he didn't want to leave and clung to the driver's side-view mirror of their new 2017 Nissan Pathfinder, now swamped with water.
He has clung tightly to his state's popular Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, a staunch opponent of the repeal who accepted the Medicaid expansion dollars in the Affordable Care Act.
Charles M. Blow One of the greatest political mysteries of our time is why President Trump has clung — and continues to cling — so steadfastly to the perfidious Michael Flynn.
Sandgren had a two-set lead over Berrettini before the Italian surged, but clung on for a 7-6(7), 6-20183, 4-6, 2-28, 22018-219 victory.
And so, for better or for worse, painting clung on, the abstract kind and the figurative kind, and the kind that wove its subtle way between the two impulses.
The dropped 1.28 percent and was last at $0.725 as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power after several of his senior ministers called for a second leadership vote.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido last week initiated a new wave of demonstrations to topple the deeply unpopular Socialist Party, which has clung to power despite a grueling economic crisis.
But Mr. Bentley's personal conduct placed some of the greatest stress on his ties to members of his own party, and those conflicts worsened as he clung to power.
Her supporters have clung to the argument that, because the army is a law unto itself, there was very little Ms Suu Kyi could do to protect the Rohingyas.
Most vexingly for Democrats, the witnesses who could shed light on this gap in the narrative have clung most closely to Trump's order that administration officials refuse to cooperate.
The hitch could probably be blamed on my ego: I wanted my debut to be epic, so nothing less than the 13 theme entries I clung to would do.
He had pushed dos Anjos to the fence and had been digging in short body shots while dos Anjos clung to the double collar tie without room to move.
So we clung to each other for dear life and went one scary step at a time for what seemed like hours, ultimately navigating our way back to civilization.
For years after the financial crisis, Deutsche clung to the hope that it would again strut alongside Wall Street's most glamorous names, as it had for a heady 22015 years.
The pragmatists clung to local and state power, the overhang of 19th-century-style party organization, even as they paddled upstream to adapt to new and often adverse political currents.
The father clung to the little girl in red pants and black shoes, but a strong current swept over and drowned them, Le Duc wrote for Mexican newspaper La Jornada.
Some clung to it, both stubbornly and as a badge of honor — a differentiator, even, in an era when those have become few and far between on high-end flagships.
Both seized power in coups, and both have clung to it for decades: Mr Obiang, who has been in office for 37 years, is the world's longest-serving political leader.
The spot yuan CNY=CFXS clung tightly to its previous close, as it has all week, while offshore it weakened slightly to 6.6076, 0.4 percent adrift from the onshore rate.
For the condition to have clung on into adulthood, it was either so severe that treatment failed, the right treatment wasn't in reach, or the issue wasn't addressed at all.
I clung to it through the three attempts to cross the border and the drive along Interstate 5 to the front door of my father's home in Northeast Los Angeles.
Appearing on CNN Wednesday night, just one day after launching a campaign for Arizona's open Senate seat, Arpaio clung to the myth of "fake documents" surrounding the former president's birth.
The more viciously she clung to her crown, the more opportunity she gave for a newer and more beloved queen (either Daenerys or Margaery) to rise and take her place.
I used to admire this about you, how fervently you clung to your beliefs—I called it integrity—but five years of watching you live this way has changed me.
Russia and Iran have emerged as the two strongest backers of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who because of them has clung to power through his country's bloody civil war.
I clung to [these points of connection] because I needed to figure out why this person could do right by me as a provider, but be unable to love me.
While the IMF reduced its calls on expansion for both Europe and the United States, the euro clung to its modest gains versus the dollar, last up 0.05% at $1.12655.
"Out of a habit of mind, I clung to the idea of India as a liberal democracy, the world's largest," Taseer wrote at the end of his TIME magazine essay.
MOSCOW — Bowing to pressure from international donors, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to remove a prosecutor general who had clung to power for months despite visible signs of corruption.
Leseni is from the Maasai tribe, a unique tribe from southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, which, despite globalization and western cultural influences, have clung to their traditional way of life.
In October of 2015, Daniel Cormier struggled through a five round war with Alexander Gustafsson wherein he was almost knocked out and clung to his crown by a close decision.
As those trapped in rising water without power clung to the precious remaining battery charge on their cell phones, they turned to journalism to figure out what to do next.
Mothers carried babies on their backs and clung to their older children's hands, but the blasts from the bombs blew some children away as strong northerly winds fueled the conflagration.
The objective was to identify the wine by assessing the way it clung to the glass and how opaque its color was, as well as how it smelled and tasted.
Even though Derek had by now begun privately doubting many of his beliefs, he still clung to the idea that white nationalism was simply about defending whites, not harming nonwhites.
I had allowed myself to embody the conventions of male privilege and paternal absence, and I clung to a subconscious hope that his brash masculine persona would permit my own.
Attacked on a moving bus and left for dead on roadside, the victim, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, clung to life for two weeks before succumbing to her injuries.
Through high school and college, where many of my peers had absorbed those same stereotypes and racially exclusive beauty standards, I clung to my stance, and it served me well.
I showed Rachel the incense-filled Man Mo Temple and the stone wall trees, banyans whose sprawling gray roots clung to the faces of old retaining walls like dense webs.
It is an interesting moment for Setesdal, long considered by fellow Norwegians as a fascinating but provincial region whose stubborn inhabitants spoke a difficult dialect and clung to outmoded ways.
For a handful of deluded days after her death, they clung obstinately to their principles of remoteness and privacy behind the gates of their Scottish castle, while popular anger grew.
But you have felt like them if you've once had your heart trampled, or clung to someone unworthy of your devotion, or made a damn fool of yourself for love.
Corbyn has clung to his job, citing support from the party grassroots, and the 116-year-old party is now locked in a bitter power tussle that risks destroying it.
He clung with one arm as he kneeled on a narrow third-floor windowsill ledge as flames roared out the window until a fireman on a ladder truck rescued him.
Optimists clung to Trump's insistence that the two sides remained committed to talking as a sign there won't be an immediate return to the threats and tension of the past.
Rome clung onto its contested budget deficit figure of 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), a move which is likely to send tremors into domestic and European capital markets Wednesday.
And yet today, in the fast-growing big cities that drive our economy, we've clung to exclusionary policies that largely cater to the needs of wealthy, predominantly white, single-family homeowners.
A light-skinned biracial American woman named Taylor, who for years had clung with love to her African roots, has a temporary identity crisis when she learns about this contemporary slavery.
At that time, and against the mounting evidence of Western depredations, the emperor still clung to the age-old belief that China ruled all under heaven, a world order unto itself.
Still, the whiff of scandal has clung to him for years, providing seemingly endless fodder for late-night comedians and arguably being the single biggest setback to his dashed presidential dreams.
Against the , the greenback clung to a 0.2 percent gain, at 117.87 yen, bringing its weekly loss to 2.2 percent, which was the largest in four months, according to EBS data.
The results showed that even the lowest dilution of the honey solution reduced the amount by which the bacteria clung to the lab's plastic plates by 35 percent after 48 hours.
Kardashian dressed up for the occasion, wearing a sparkly white mini-dress that clung to her curves, while Sabbat wore a low-key black t-shirt with matching pants and sneakers.
For the past 22004-plus years, politicians, the media, and many US citizens have clung to the myth that the "women's vote" is a potent political force, one that skews liberal.
When the boat carrying 20 people began taking on water, the two sisters jumped out of the boat and clung to its side, furiously kicking to safety, the Associated Press reported.
Reid clung to this effort even after apologizing to Merkley and Udall in a floor speech for the failure of the strategy, before finally pushing the nuclear button in late 2013.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate's top Republican, clung to slim hopes on Tuesday that his party could still dismantle Obamacare, despite not having adequate support for a repeal bill.
I heard of how my three-year-old daughter clung to her grandma and mother while I tried to get on the next flight home, praying to see them all alive.
That's partly by design: after debuting with an album that clung to a single tempo and mood, Streten wanted to push his own boundaries with music that was broad and sprawling.
Vanderbilt clung to a 26-323 lead when Nesmith took over, hitting a trey with 232:21 left, and then another 216-pointer on a Lee assist with 10:35 remaining.
But Bayesianism requires both sound priors and their rapid adjustment when new evidence is overwhelming, and it seems that in these two cases investors clung to their priors far too closely.
So while the burghers of the northern states clung to such industries, the southerners were already plotting a new course based on the emergent technologies of a post-heavy industry age.
Whereas Ukraine suffered for its attempts to escape Moscow's grasp, Belarus will suffer from the fact that it has, throughout its post-Soviet history, clung too tightly to the Muscovite breast.
Her eyes never opened again, but she clung to my hand the night I arrived, as Hillary Clinton debated Donald Trump for the first time on the television she couldn't watch.
Sure, Clinton survived impeachment, but his party lost the next two presidential elections, and the stench of corruption clung to his wife and was instrumental in two humiliating Clinton presidential defeats.
There's little surprise in his political demise, though it was a mesmerizing development, given how long and confidently many Republican leaders and pundits clung to their forecasts of his eventual transcendence.
By Samsung's count, around only 7 percent of Note 7 owners in the U.S. have clung to their devices, but the carrier is concerned with the safety of those last few.
But for a woman who as Democratic leader has clung to power grimly for 14 years, it will clearly take more than a few defeats to pry her from her office.
I clung to the contents of her closet as if they were her last chances of survival; if I gave her jeans life, maybe that would somehow, magically, transfer to her.
His rise to power in 2013, at the age of 33, offered a stark contrast with the gerontocracy of Saudi Arabia, where rulers clung to their thrones till reaching their deathbeds.
His fans clung to lyrics that melded familiar rap bombast with exaltations about self-discipline and long-term financial planning, a break from a music culture that often emphasizes flashy spending.
But in just a matter of days, Mr. Mugabe, who ruled his nation since independence in 1980, was largely stripped of his authority, even as he still clung to the presidency.
Nearly a year later, he emerged wanting to make a film that showed how people endured in the teeth of war, and clung to the tiniest glimmers of solace and hope.
Time and again, the company has clung to top executives who, if not directly implicated, held positions of responsibility while an enormous emissions cheating scheme was taking place under their noses.
Ms. Schembri recalled that in 1995, when The Times first interviewed her, the industry was still a boys' club that clung to noir stereotypes of what makes for a good snoop.
America soon fell in love with this chubby-cheeked little girl as she fled burning buildings, held thugs at bay with a pistol and clung to the underside of a train.
But even by the standards of American presidents, Donald Trump has clung unusually tightly to the Saudis while sharing nothing with the public about his financial relationship with the Saudi government.
Corbyn has clung to his job, citing support from the party grassroots members, and the 116-year-old party is now locked in a bitter power tussle that risks destroying it.
The Soviet Union's stagnation did not become a big political issue until about five decades after the Communist Party seized power, and the old government clung on for another 20 years.
The Australian dollar dropped 0.8 percent to as low as $0.7283 as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power after several of his senior ministers called for a second leadership vote.
In a break from a trend seen for much of this year, energy shares clung to gains even after a rally in crude oil prices faded, with ConocoPhillips up 3.72 percent.
In 2017, Alabama Democrat Doug Jones avoided national policy stances and clung closely to health care and education in defeating another controversial Republican, Roy Moore, in a special election for Senate.
Dreamers are excellent, well-prepared students who held their mother's hand or clung to their father's neck as they came across the border – in many cases escaping violence, persecution, or poverty.
While Mr. Khieu Samphan clung to his defense that he was "not aware of the heinous acts committed by other leaders," Mr. Nuon Chea remained defiant and contemptuous to the end.
In a political climate where stridency is often rewarded and crudeness frequently seen as a marker of authenticity, she has clung to the belief that decency is what voters want most.
Alone now in the dark, he clung to the hull, took stock of the last hour's events, and realized, with slow and lonely certainty, that he was very likely going to die.
Offensive combat operations were terminated after troops put a stop to the last stand of rebel gunmen who clung on inside several buildings in the heart of Marawi, and refused to surrender.
We worshipped Dawkins and Dennett, the unusual versions of childhood heroes my brother and I clung to, and they illuminated if not the why, then at least the how of human existence.
The dirt they sat on was wet and the smell of feces clung in the air, but it was no use trying to figure out how close anyone was to the source.
The 47-year-old singer clung to her teenage son René-Charles and another family member leaving the Notre Dame Basilica, where hundreds of mourners attended the open-casket visitation for René.
Both laughing so much as we descended the steep hill on the way towards the causeway, as I clung onto the brakes on the wheelchair and they squealed the whole way down.
But the 29-year-old only just clung on to win by two shots on 18 under par after Shadoff hit a 64, including five successive birdies, to finish on 16 under.
LONDON — The white shirt from Pride and Prejudice, which clung so gloriously to Colin Firth as he emerged from that lake and into our dreams, will soon be on display in America.
If they've clung to the view for five years, as Donald Trump has, that President Obama is not a citizen of this country, I don't think they're going to change their views.
Against the yen, the greenback clung to a 0.2 percent gain, at 117.87 yen, bringing its weekly loss to 2.2 percent, which was the largest in four months, according to EBS data.
The U.S. dollar clung to gains amid fading concerns over a global trade war, while a reported decline in U.S. crude inventories and the possibility of supply disruptions pushed oil prices higher.
While the PLUR raver stereotype seemed nowhere to be found, the spirit of that scene seemed to shine through as people clung tight to each other and danced close to stay warm.
Asia crawled to a 20.8-week high and Wall Street futures were down a touch but European stocks clung to a fourth day of gains and their longest winning streak since September.
But whilst boxing has long been a sport in which the very best athletes become very rich, it is also one of the few that has clung onto the idea of amateurism.
Amidst the FBI's investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 campaign, the president has long clung to the claim that he himself was not under investigation and thus had done nothing wrong.
Oil futures clung to earlier gains, brushing off the Fed's more cautious outlook since its December policy meeting when the central bank raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade.
Some hedge funds seem to have anticipated a bout of short covering, which is probably why many clung on to long positions and did not liquidate them despite the drop in prices.
Taking a well-trodden route north out of sub-Saharan Africa, Wamba clung on to his treasured ball until he had to jettison it on the sea crossing from Turkey to Greece.
"Robert De Niro is someone who has clung to old mores," says a jury-seeking lawsuit filed today in New York federal court in against the actor and his loan-out company.
And while we clung tightly to each other and to the notion that love could conquer all, our relationship descended through multiple stages of hell before it finally came to another end.
Big U.S. banks have clung to a large share of excess reserves, rather than lending them, partly to meet liquidity requirements enacted in response to the global financial crisis a decade ago.
The Australian dollar dropped 1.4 percent and was last at $0.724 AUD= as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power after several of his senior ministers called for a second leadership vote.
But football's World Cup has clung on as the last "appointment to view" — an occasion for people to turn on the TV. Now it too is finally being disrupted, though not destroyed.
Russia is a staunch backer of Assad, who has clung to power through a bitter and ongoing civil war, while the U.S. has supported pro-democracy forces working to oust the president.
TWINS - AND OTHER TABOOS Dead ancestors are revered in Madagascar, and their beliefs are clung to in a wide range of cultural taboos - "fady" - which vary from one region to the next.
Mr. Scupelliti nodded and said he hated change and has remained in the old neighborhood and clung to his doo-wop roots, and is now getting the Reactions ready to perform again.
Many of these women not only scored high on the "hostile sexism" scale, they also clung to the advantage of being white as a compensation for the disadvantage of being a woman.
But there are plenty of other opportunities for forms of scorpion kicks, such as Erick Silva's heels to the face of Takenori Sato as he clung to a single leg takedown attempt.
A critical difference with trade is that a protectionist viewpoint is something Trump has clung to strongly over the years even as much of the rest of his political "thinking" has evolved.
We clung to the cliffhanger ending of the penultimate episode: Arya Stark wanders a city of cinders, trying to save innocent women and children from being doused with dragon flame from above.
For some time, she had clung to the hope that she could somehow survive Brexit relatively unscathed and spend the second half of her premiership building something she could call a legacy.
Then "Crazy Rich Asians" clung to the top spot for three weekends straight; the hit comedy placed second this weekend, taking in $13.6 million, for a new global total of $164.7 million.
For a guy who once clung to the side of an Airbus 400 to execute a mind-numbing opening stunt for "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," Cruise's devotion to total realism isn't surprising.
When they were small, the children would climb onto the lower branches, and jump off into that rouged carpet; the little kid-glove petals clung to their clothes when they stood up.
In the face of these changes, Boeing clung resolutely to its pilot-centric designs, but in Toulouse, France, the relative newcomers at the European consortium called Airbus were not nearly as shy.
TV crews surrounded the church on her July 20 deportation deadline; the state and city's political hierarchy gathered inside to support Ms. Chavarria as she clung to her marginal place in America.
Economic liberalization (globalization, technology, market deregulation) coupled with social norms that clung to the past meant 31% of America (white males) were given license over a lion&aposs share of the spoils.
Many Tunisians do indeed respect Mr. Bourguiba as the father of the independent nation, yet he was also a dictator who imprisoned his opponents and clung to power for over 30 years.
CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver VANCOUVER ISLAND Victoria U.S. Pacific Ocean WASHINGTON Seattle 50 miles By The New York Times Some residents, like Mr. Lane, have clung proudly to this image of Victoria.
Domestically focused mid-cap shares in Britain outshone their European peers again with a 0.6% rise to hit a new record, while the blue-chip index clung to a five-month high.
Perhaps, in that moment, he was too busy running around the room in joyous celebration, a hand wrapped around one handle of the trophy as an exultant Nied clung to the other.
Domestically focused mid-cap shares in Britain outshone their European peers again with a 0.6% rise to hit a new record, while the blue-chip index clung to a five-month high.
At Vicarage Road, Spurs clung on for a 13-1 draw with their near neighbors after Davinson Sanchez was sent off for elbowing Brazilian Richarlison at the start of the second half.
Aru powered away from Froome and other top riders with a burst of acceleration on the sharp ascent to the Planche des Belles Filles ski station and clung on to the finish.
The perfect iridescent spheres burst in my face while my husband, Brandon, and I clung to each other; Brandon with tears in his eyes, me sobbing once Jack was out of sight.
The only reason I clung to the job was that if I had left the au pair program, my visa would've been revoked and I would've had to go back to Spain.
Red, orange, and yellow leaves clung desperately to the trees before becoming a rich mixture of brown, somehow representing the essence of earth itself, a kind of life force emerging through decay.
FirstEnergy has clung to large nuclear and coal plants (among a string of other bad business decisions), but those plants have been getting undercut in electricity markets by cheaper natural gas and renewables.
She is the author of the chapbook Dream-Clung, Gone (Brooklyn Arts Press), and her poems have appeared in Better, boundary 2, The Brooklyn Rail, jubilat, Ping•Pong, and Tarpaulin Sky, among others.
Those changes, considered hugely significant in a country where some officials have clung to power for decades, were forced through after intense lobbying from a group called "Atletas pelo Brasil" (Athletes for Brasil).
The dollar rose and U.S. Treasury yields clung to their modest gains this afternoon after data showed the U.S. trade deficit grew in January to its widest monthly level in nearly five years.
We're talking back when all of his grey hairs were confined to that confusing patch on the back of his head and the top button on his shirt clung on for dear life.
Months after the 2016 election, Donald Trump himself clung to the discredited rumor that "thousands" of voters were bused over from Massachusetts to illegally cast ballots, costing him New Hampshire's four electoral votes.
"I feel like that's a part of an identity she hasn't really clung to because her parents were so awful to her and she lost the one person who loved her," Petsch explains.
The Wawona tree was killed by the process and later fell during a storm in the 1960s, but the Pioneer Cabin Tree clung on, showing signs of life well into the 21st century.
The latest is Record of a Spaceborn Few, which follows the descendants of the last flotilla of starships to depart Earth, who have clung to their way of life aboard the aging fleet.
It clung to him well before he arrived in London in 1968, with his dark mop of hair, mandarin jackets, Swinging Sixties ways and the air of a casual, if reserved, film star.
JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand clung to recent gains early on Wednesday as global risk appetite retreated after the United States central bank played down expectations of aggressive interest-rate cuts.
It's an inaccurate story, but he has clung to it since the day he announced his candidacy back in the summer of 2015, thereby legitimizing it to a large segment of the electorate.
"Chicago in Japan," Kardashian West wrote alongside a picture of herself standing in front of a Japanese store called "Chicago" while wearing a short blue mini dress that clung to her enviable curves.
Olympique Lyon clung on to eliminate AS Roma 5-4 on aggregate despite a 2-1 defeat, while former European trophy winners Ajax Amsterdam and Anderlecht also went through along with Racing Genk.
For hours on Sunday night, the Royal Caribbean cruise passenger clung to her mattress to avoid falling off her bed as huge waves tossed around the massive ship, the Anthem of the Seas.
And, had Mr. Hussein survived until the Arab Spring of 2011, he would have clung to power "with the same deadly consequences as we see in the carnage of Syria," Mr. Blair suggested.
Some fans clung to the old fighting adage that "power is the last thing to go," but when footage of Chuck hitting the pads emerged it was hard to keep the lie going.
Stray pieces of merchandise clung haphazardly to the walls, fans and dehumidifiers hummed in barren corners, and debris was strewn across the floor, evidence of flooding during the rainiest December in Portland, Ore.
Since the story's inception, millions of readers have clung onto every last panel, text conversation, Flash animation, and interactive game that made Homestuck the unique, strange, and utterly engrossing subcultural phenomenon it was.
Some clung to a hope that they might be able to leave for Britain by sneaking into one of the cargo trucks that use the Channel Tunnel, or even by walking through it.
Still, many at the university have clung to its roots as a rural land-grant college that drew students from farms and small towns around Texas and sent them on to military service.
Minutes from being deported to Indonesia, the 52-year-old father clung to a chair bolted to the floor at Kennedy International Airport, struggling against four immigration officers trying to tear him away.
Pearl makes regular references to other books, and I clung to our shared favorites (like Dodie Smith's old-fashioned tale of English girlhood, "I Capture the Castle") as if to a life preserver.
Beto O'Rourke, an El Paso native whose life and campaign is still based in the city, has clung tight to his frightened community, effectively leaving the stump to lead the way back home.
Initially, people briefed on the talks said, Mr. Trump clung to the prospect of drawing out an announcement about the tapes, even as some advisers urged him to find a quicker path out.
This child who once clung to my chest like a barnacle now lounges across the couch, a rope of hair swung over her shoulder, ice packs tied to each knee after track practice.
Elites like the nobility clung to their status, influence and authority as they felt the economic and political ground shift beneath their feet and were challenged by nonnoble groups, like the middle classes.
Asian shares ticked up as some investors clung to hopes that the fourth quarter will bring progress in resolving the U.S.-China trade war that has cast a shadow over the global economy.
Asian shares ticked up as some investors clung to hopes that the fourth quarter will bring progress in resolving the U.S.-China trade war that has cast a shadow over the global economy.
The Conservative party clung to power (barely), but the results were decisively shaped by the power of the youth vote, a surprise outcome that sent shock waves across the British capital and beyond.
As legal challenges related to Trump on several different fronts continued to rage, the president still clung to his earlier insistence, based on his conversations with Comey, that he was not under investigation.
Most of the speculation about the political impact of a recession has rightly focused on Donald Trump, who has, over the course of his presidency, clung to the roaring economy like a talisman.
The words clung self-consciously to a couple of whitewashed plywood boards, each claiming its own line so that the dot of one line's i stuck to the bottom of another line's n.
Long after most had given up speculating about Obama's birthplace -- and years after Obama released his birth certificate -- Trump clung to the racially charged conspiracy theory, insisting that there were still more unanswered questions.
It was a dream the 20-year-old clung to after she and her four siblings, two sets of twins, were taken from their mother's custody five years ago because of her drug addiction.
Amid extraordinary scenes at its headquarters in the placid Madrid barrio of Argüelles, the party's general secretary, Pedro Sánchez (pictured), clung to his post for three days after more than half his executive resigned.
On Tuesday afternoon, the police said, Mr. Oates, 32, was killed in Lower Manhattan, crushed under the wheels of a truck to which he had clung as he hitched a ride with his skateboard.
Bird, a first-base prospect who the Yankees clung to at the nonwaiver trade deadline last July, was called up shortly afterward to provide a break for Mark Teixeira and designated hitter Alex Rodriguez.
Even the pounds, miles, gallons and so on, clung on to by a few benighted Anglophones, are, malgré eux, defined in terms of the SI. Measuring anything means comparing it with an agreed standard.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power as rebel Liberal party lawmakers pressed for a second leadership contest just a day after he narrowly survived a challenge from former home minister Peter Dutton.
At the same time, the narrative clung to regressive views of gender, race, and sexuality that left it little room to evolve in the directions that many of its fans desperately wanted it to.
Terrified, she clung to a small sliver of asphalt and surfed a river of fast-moving mud as it swallowed entire neighborhoods, carrying her higher than coconut trees for a quarter of a mile.
He later forged a dirty deal with a conservative rival that let him return to power with just 38% of the vote in 2006, and has since clung to office by nobbling democratic institutions.
She clung to the hope that the explosion was caused by a firework, or by a propane canister that one of the residents had been using to fuel a camp stove in their room.
A 7-0 thrashing at the hands of Chile at the Copa America Centenario in 2016 did nothing to help his cause and he clung to his job by the skin of his teeth.
The islanders were the last bastion of Spanish loyalists in Chile's 19th century wars of independence and have clung to their unique culture, often putting them at odds with the rest of the nation.
And Pixite clung to using the one-time purchase business model, which led to a perpetual cycle of boom and bust as each launch generated a single revenue spike followed by a rapid decline.
Asian stocks clung to tight ranges as investors awaited fresh directional cues from U.S.-China trade negotiations and a weaker Wall Street finish capped broader gains, while robust U.S. economic data supported the dollar.
Many who fled their homes in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because of what they described as lethal threats or political persecution have clung to the hope of receiving asylum in the United States.
At a time when many people clung to naïve notions about the liberatory capacities of total connectivity, she spoke about the damage that social media and mobile devices were doing to our inner lives.
Still, Wall Street rebounded late on Friday as investors who were initially spooked by the prospect of a global trade war clung to hopes that Trump was just rattling sabres as a negotiating tactic.
As the New York Times suggest, it would signal the beginning of the end to leaders who have clung to power for decades in Africa — from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to Eritrea and Uganda.
In a dimly lit Lahore gym, where paint peeled off the walls, windows were shattered and cobwebs clung to a damp ceiling, Riaz was tutoring Iqra Chanzaib, 16, who is new to weight lifting.
Some had clung to a hope that they might be able to leave for Britain by sneaking into one of the cargo trucks that use the Channel Tunnel, or even by walking through it.
In a marathon encounter lasting two hours and 25 minutes, Buzarnescu found herself on the back foot for extended periods thanks to Giorgi's raw power, but clung before making her superior shot selection count.
Feeding the single, Penn could work effortlessly on one leg, hammering in uppercuts with the inside of the wrist and palm to bloody his opponent's face as they clung to a single leg attempt.
Why it matters: A small elite had clung to power for decades in the former Soviet state, which remains close to Moscow, until protests last month forced out the prime minister and elevated Pashinyan.
He said it was because they were boring, like Dockers and a polo shirt, and agreed that "cargo dorks" clung to their wide-fit utilitarian shorts because they were probably concerned with seeming feminine.
Perhaps society has clung on, somewhere, while all around you humanity is shattered, carved up into pockets of increasingly feral folk who might not be too pleased to find you rummaging through their supplies.
His right arm had already carried the weight of two innings as the Dodgers clung desperately to a one-run lead over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 of a National League division series.
Meanwhile, the Kospi, South Korea's benchmark share average, fell 22017 percent to end at 2,337.83 amid broad declines, although heavyweight Samsung Electronics clung to a 0.11 percent gain by the end of the day.
But for as much as "The Good Place" had to change, the show still clung to its optimistic theme about the capacity for self-improvement and how it might be rewarded down the line.
Hong Kong stocks largely clung on to gains Thursday after seeing a 0.68103% surge a day earlier, on the back of news that the city's controversial extradition bill that's sparked protests will be withdrawn.
In her first session with Salem, months earlier, when Salem clung to silence, she coaxed them into speech by asking which was their favorite of the flowers and plants on the sills and floor.
Hard-core advocates of quitting in particular have clung to the illusion that Britain can abandon those elements of the union they dislike, like free movement of people, and keep those that benefit them.
The story many Americans believe in and propagate about their country is one molded in the Cold War ethos of spreading liberalism and freedom, a story that people in desperate straits sometimes clung to.
It was suspenseful, comic (in the K.G.B.'s ability to stay two steps ahead of the F.B.I.) and heartbreaking, as she clung to the belief that her marriage to a K.G.B. agent was real.
Trump, acting opposite of McCain, took the rumors and elevated them to an artform; for years, he beat the birther drum that many deplorable conservatives clung to harder than their guns or their Bibles.
New York (CNN Business)The Dow clung to gains and logged a fourth up day in a row Monday, even as the stock market ran out of steam between the opening and closing bell.
Tech giant Tencent clung to gains, climbing 1.22 percent ahead of the market close, but other index heavyweights fared less well: Developer China Evergrande Group slid 2 percent and China Unicom fell 3.743 percent.
The shift has been coming on gradually for years, but it has accelerated in recent weeks as Venezuela has sunk further into crisis and its leftist president, Nicolás Maduro, has clung defiantly to power.
As she leaned against the holiday decoration while wearing a sexy bedazzled strapless dress that clung to her fit frame, Kardashian, 39, opened up about some of the not-so-little items on her wishlist.
After a 5-1 homestand capped by Friday's one-point win over the Orlando Magic, the Celtics clung to a half-game lead over Cleveland in the race for the top spot in the conference.
He and many of his defenders have clung to the idea that there was no "quid pro quo," a position rebutted on Tuesday by the testimony of William Taylor, the top American diplomat in Ukraine.
Yet, while the West has suffered from the financial crisis and the fallout after a failed attempt to implant democracy in the Middle East, China's Communist Party has clung on to its monopoly of power.
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro clung to most of its recent gains on Monday while the dollar struggled against a broad swathe of currencies and its trade-weighted basket approached a 2-1/2 year low.
Data from Lagos-based FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, which hosts the window, shows the naira NAFEX fix at nearly 369 per dollar, well below the official 305 rate the central bank had previously clung to.
Alexander clung to evidence that the plan would drive down premiums: 40 percent, according to the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, or a more modest 10 to 20 percent drop, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
From Shark After Dark host Eli Roth (who I embarrassingly) clung to in fear of the gentle giants, to our amazing camera guys and even our boat captain, everyone loved the stingrays (except for me).
Until now it has clung to its "walled garden" model whereby its Mario games could be played only on Nintendo hardware, enticing players to buy its new consoles as well as the latest hit game.
While the MMA world got ready for the rematch between 'Vai Cavalo' and 'Sea-level Cain' in Las Vegas, on the announcement of Velasquez's injury we clung to Miocic as a worthy adversary for Werdum.
Huawei clung on to the second spot in global smartphone shipments during the third quarter and recorded the highest annual growth out of the top-2343 players at 29%, according to market analytics firm Canalys.
That insistence, which he has clung to for years even as his forces hit civilians with gas attacks and barrel bombs, is a major impediment to sustaining a cease-fire, let alone ending the war.
Determined to prove his innocence, Morton clung to a dwindling thread of hope that one day he would be a free man, haunted with the knowledge that his wife's actual killer was still out there.
A year later, as American troops clung to the Italian beachhead at Anzio in some of the war's bloodiest fighting, the sergeant and two other noncoms in his unit won battlefield commissions as second lieutenants.
Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats and the SPD clung on as the largest parties in Saxony and Brandenburg respectively but bled support to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came second in both states.
All my other friends had stopped believing years ago, but 14-year-old me still clung to the holiday nostalgia and was the only one left in 8th grade that still wholeheartedly believed in Santa.
Strange has clung to President Donald Trump's endorsement and benefited from tens of millions of dollars in spending from allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — two advantages that may not be enough to win.
Guaido for weeks has urged Venezuelans to join the rally as a way of reviving street protests against Maduro that surged in 2019 but have waned as the ruling Socialist Party has clung to power.
And the beauty standards of the multibillion-dollar fashion industry clung stubbornly to a "traditional ideal of thin, white and young," as Jennifer Davidson, the editor in chief of the website The Fashion Spot, said.
Soto had two more hits in the second game, the latter advancing Anthony Rendon to second and chasing Sonny Gray with nobody out in the sixth as the Yankees clung to a 3-2 lead.
His children assimilated easily into British society, but Nur, who belongs to a branch of the clan that chased Siad Barre out of Mogadishu, found that many Somali expatriates clung fiercely to their clan identities.
Andrien White made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3:55 remaining and Wake Forest clung to the lead despite scoring only three more points in a 0-65 victory against host Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon.
Weeks earlier, the US had officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president, but the government of Nicolás Maduro — which brought about the country's economic collapse through mismanagement and corruption — clung to power.
Analysts blame America's increasingly tight labor market; job openings have surpassed the number of seekers for eight straight months, and the unemployment rate has clung to a 49-year low of 3.7 percent since September.
At one particular leg from Elko to Reno, the plane hit rough turbulence as it flew into a mountain-trimmed valley and everyone clung feverishly onto their seats as the vessel flopped through the air.
The 93-year-old Mugabe had clung on for a week after an army takeover, and finally resigned on Tuesday, moments after parliament began an impeachment process, prompting dancing in the streets of the capital, Harare.
THE 1003-year-old Gambian who was discovered by a Spanish naval ship as he clung to a fuel tank in open seas will doubtless be haunted by his experience for the rest of his days.
The longstanding chief executive, Temel Kotil, clung onto his job until October—appeasing the government with a diatribe about the coup plotters in Turkish Airlines' in-flight magazine—but he too has now been eased out.
Yet its president, Nicolás Maduro, has clung on by flouting the constitution, repressing the opposition and using the country's dwindling income from oil, almost its only export, to pay off the armed forces that support him.
While he was occupied, she was more than happy to take the time to study the way the fabric of his worn jeans clung to his firm ass, the way his muscles flexed with every movement.
"MAKE HER FEEL BEAUTIFUL," the Pinkett-Smith Surrogate bellowed, as one of the dancers did pull-ups while a lithe brunette woman in skinny jeans and a tank top clung onto him like a teenage koala.
That reek of notoriety has clung to the industry in recent years, especially among the millennial generation that came of age as evidence of "blood diamonds" emerged from the war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.
In January 2017, two months after losing an election, he agreed to step down, having been warned by fellow west African leaders that he would be removed by force if he clung to power any longer.
We liked to imagine that we had seen each other on the bus as children, stiffly bundled in the winter or swinging our legs impatiently in the summer, had maybe even clung to the same pole.
Vows 10 Photos View Slide Show ' Although her childhood ended long ago, Holly O'Brien, an actress, has clung to her belief in the value of all things Disney and in the promise of happily-ever-after.
As General Electric shares continued making new lows ahead of its widely anticipated shareholder meeting on Monday, bulls clung to the notion of a potential breakup of the company as a reason to own the stock.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal funds futures clung near five-week lows on Wednesday following a steeper-than-forecast 4 percent drop in durable goods orders in June which rekindled some concerns about the manufacturing sector.
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party made big gains in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony in elections Sunday, while Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and its coalition partner just clung on to diminishing pluralities.
JOHANNESBURG — Facing increased pressure to resign as South Africa's leader, President Jacob Zuma clung to power on Wednesday even as his party took steps to formally remove him and replace him with his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the SPD clung on as the largest parties in Saxony and Brandenburg respectively, but bled support to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came second in both states.
The Muslims at the two New Zealand mosques were liquidated not just by a man filled with hatred, but by the ideas that he clung to, ideas about racial superiority and who his country belonged to.
" Years later, in "Wodehouse: A Life," Robert McCrum wrote that the author had "clung to the disastrous belief that the courageous thing to do was sit tight, have faith in the British Army and resist panic.
Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday clung to power, going so far as to discuss whether reneging on a new Brexit deal she rolled out two days earlier could mollify cabinet ministers eager to replace her.
So when she slid onto her stool in a tight sleeveless shirt that clung to her breasts and bared her midriff it had roughly the same warm, disorienting effect on me of half a Dilaudid, chewed.
A body spray meant to split the difference between deodorant and cologne, Axe bulldozed the senses with a fragrance so strong it seemed to precede the bodies it clung to — like Febreze, or a bad reputation.
For virtually all of his 27-year career, Jeter clung stubbornly to that shortstop position, molding it into one of the highest-profile jobs in sports, like quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys or striker for Barcelona.
Will she dislike the baby he had with another woman after failing to have one with her — a baby for whose arrival he seems to have clung to life, just to touch him once before dying?
When I parted ways with a toxic friend from college that I clung to until my nails could no longer dig into the weak ledge of our friendship, I learned the joy of excising a friendship.
Billy Campbell plays it moody as John Cardinal, a psychologically tortured police detective in Algonquin Bay, Ontario, who was demoted after he clung too tightly to a hunch in the disappearance of a First Nations girl.
Alexander has clung to evidence that the plan would drive down premiums: 40 percent, according to the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, or a more modest 10 to 20 percent drop, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Will she dislike the baby he had with another woman after failing to have one with her — a baby for whose arrival he seems to have clung to life, just to touch him once before dying?
I once had some splashed on my clothes while on R & R in Vung Tao (another story) and hours later was denied admission to the enlisted men's club because of the odor that clung to me.
But with New Hampshire's history of defying polls and the sense of confusion that Mr. Trump's candidacy has imposed on the race, a glut of contenders clung to the idea that anything could be possible on Tuesday.
While Silva clung on to his hopes of fighting again without mentioning the possibility of retirement, Sonnen announced his return to the sport following his seemingly-permanent hiatus from MMA on September 15, 2016, signing for Bellator.
Even critics, who portray him as part of a generation of post-independence leaders who have clung to power and failed to modernize, admit Algeria has become a better place since Bouteflika won the presidency in 1999.
The S&P 500 clung to weekly gains of 0.03 percent and year-to-date gains of 23 percent, with energy the only gainer and consumer staples and utilities lagging with declines of more than 1.5 percent.
Renault advanced marginally as it clung to full-year targets even as its first-quarter revenue fell while Daimler's was slightly down after its quarterly profit was hit by a drop in sales of Mercedes-Benz cars.
Do a quick Google search and you will find scores of articles in which conservatives clung to the IBD poll showing Romney ahead in 20183 while other surveys showed the race trending inexorably to the incumbent president.
In Mosul, IS clung to a slowly shrinking pocket on the Tigris west bank, battling for every meter with snipers, grenades and suicide bombers, which forced Iraqi troops to fight house-to-house in densely-populated blocks.
They draped banners saying "Drop dirty palm oil now", while other activists clung to the anchor of a cargo ship near the facility, operated by a unit of Singapore's Wilmar International , the world's biggest palm oil trader.
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average clung to some of their opening gains, while the Nasdaq composite ended mildly lower after swinging 1 percent in both directions intraday for the second time this year.
They draped banners saying "drop dirty palm oil now", while other activists clung to the anchor of a cargo ship near the facility operated by a unit of Singapore's Wilmar International, the world's biggest palm oil trader.
Playing with her right thigh heavily strapped, the Frenchwoman lost the first set, but clung on as the clock at the National Tennis Stadium ticked past midnight to prevail 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(6).
The air was nippy and snow clung to the tent, but the bride was unflappable as she set out toward her new family, past the few dozen friends and relatives and several squeaky sea gulls in attendance.
NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices clung to earlier gains on Wednesday with longer-dated maturities hovering at session highs even as data showed pending domestic home sales reached a 10-month high in March.
Prosecutors said Mr. Ciancia had shown no remorse for the killing and still clung to his beliefs that led to the attack, in which two other T.S.A. officers and a teacher headed to a wedding were wounded.
He clung to the oval's outer edge, the side of my face just a hair from the wall, and explained how the dirt changes over the course of a race, shifting from the inside to the outside.
Tate managed to get Holm back on the mat late in the fifth and final round, but despite an acrobatic attempt to escape by the champion, Tate clung on to render her unconscious and claim the title.
The U.S. dollar on Tuesday clung to the previous day's gains, supported by a bounce in Treasury yields and ahead of U.S. inflation data that could influence the timing of the next Federal Reserve interest rate increase.
PARIS (Reuters) - A man clung onto the roof of his father's stolen car and called police on his mobile phone during a 130 km per hour (80 miles per hour) motorway chase before the thief was arrested.
It was an impressively one-sided bout: again and again Maia clung to Brown's back, threatening rear-naked chokes and calling attention to the difference between the jiu jitsu of Demian Maia and that of everyone else.
Criticism that he's "out of touch" has clung to him since he became a statewide figure in 2014, when he first ran for governor against Republican incumbent Butch Otter, spending more than $3 million of his own money.
Carmen and Armando Berriz were married for 55 years and according to SF Gate, the husband and wife clung to each other in a pool for hours as well, until Carmen stopped breathing and passed in Armando's arms.
Investors and economists for months have clung to the hope that rational self-interest would ultimately bring a negotiated end to the United States-China trade war, perhaps even ahead of the U.S. midterm congressional elections next month.
They counter hours of sitting -- she relies largely on a motorized wheelchair to get around since an infection left her without much of her four limbs and thrust her into a national spotlight as she clung to life.
LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - European shares clung on to gains in early deals on Thursday helped by firmer banking shares and as corporate deals activity, after French aero firms Safran and Zodiac finally striking a deal, continued apace.
At Beira's central morgue, 56-year old Mika Masseera, grieved for his severely weakened mother, Sumbo Mufucho, 73, who died in hospital following a rescue after she had clung to a tree for two days surrounded by floodwaters.
She also said that those who clung to family lore — of, say, being part Cherokee on their mother's side — had experiences profoundly different from those who actually lived the Native American life, whether on or off a reservation.
He preached patience and prudence, twin concepts that never really meshed with Carmelo Anthony's stated desire to vie for championships — or at least a shot at the playoffs — while he still clung to some vestige of his prime.
Ahmed Patel, Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political secretary, clung on in Tuesday's vote to the seat he has held for 24 years, despite a push by Modi's team to chisel away the support of lawmakers from his party.
MARKET NEWS * The dollar clung to most of its recent gains on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China was "close" but offered no new details on negotiations to send the greenback higher.
NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices clung to earlier losses on Thursday as first-time filings on domestic jobless claims rose in line with forecast in the latest week, suggesting steady improvement in the labor market.
The man's arm searched the air around him, groping for some invisible aide, while his other hand clung tightly to the base of the signpost as though he were hanging from a cliff by a protruding tree stump.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power on Wednesday as rebel Liberal party lawmakers pressed for a second leadership contest just a day after he narrowly survived a challenge from former home minister Peter Dutton.
The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, has clung onto power according to an official tally of Sunday's election that was released on Thursday, giving him 703 percent of the vote.
The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, has clung onto power according to an official tally of Sunday's election that was released on Thursday, giving him 19993 percent of the vote.
Up until now the thermal coal industry has clung to the view that their fuel will be needed far into the future, mainly because it is cheap and reliable and developing countries in Asia have few viable alternatives.
I'd also ballooned from a normal-size child to borderline obese somewhere around the time my parents' marriage fell apart, and though I'd been actively fighting that extra weight for years, much of it still clung to me.
Christmas decorations clung to wrought-iron fences and walls on some of the buildings, and on one stoop, a waist-high set of knight's armor stood beside a front door, a Puerto Rican flag lodged in the helmet.
Gabriel has clung to his belief that nobody is fully beyond redemption, one of the foundational principles of Christianity, and he offers to take Negan's confession in hopes that the potential for good lies dormant within the savage.
We emerged on the fringes of a traffic circle, into a thick, hazy smog that clung to our skin and throat and nostrils, and formed a film that for the next three weeks, would never really go away.

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