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We are going to make a play for new voters.
He suggested Facebook could make a play for Square or PayPal.
"Just trying to make a play for my pitcher," Alonso said.
Clinton would like to make a play for Arizona, Georgia and Utah.
General Haftar could still make a play for the facilities in the east.
And with such deep coffers, he can make a play for every state.
Little time remains for anyone else to make a play for a committee gavel.
It could just rest easy, or could make a play for either Broadcom or Qualcomm.
Do you think you can successfully make a play for Trump voters in your district?
The new "King" will make a play for a box office coronation in July 2019.
"I was just happy to make a play for Edwin," Turner said of teammate Edwin Jackson.
Most of us make a play for them, but are left empty-handed, tweeting our frustration.
The Clinton campaign spent a small amount of money to make a play for Arizona's electoral votes.
John Hickenlooper have been critical of the party's evolution and could make a play for the center ground.
Google's new phones Pixel and Pixel XL could make a play for customers of Apple, Microsoft and Samsung devices.
Comcast is likely to make a play for something else in addition to trying to win Sky in Europe.
It looks up at us and begins to make a play for our attention, glancing around, wiggling its short arms.
Of course 'fiber for all' makes a great soundbite for PM Johnson to make a play for hearts and minds.
Despite that, Democrats have long thought they could make a play for Mr. Hunter's seat, especially if he were indicted.
He could probably also try to make a play for Texas and put a lot of money into the state.
The Dolphins always seem to need a score, and Parker is happy to make a play for quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
The Chargers could also make a play for a fallen receiver who needs another chance, as Oakland did with Michael Crabtree.
Fox is the only US legacy media company, so far, to make a play for the direct revenue from sports wagering.
He's cozied up to Lucious and Cookie in order to once again make a play for second in command at Empire.
We are going to make a play for every voter in the district, no matter how they voted in the past.
Donald Trump had a final chance to stabilize his flagging campaign and make a play for the dwindling slice of undecided voters.
It's another sign of the campaign's efforts to make a play for Arizona, which has gone Republican in four consecutive presidential elections.
So here&aposs my (increasingly unrealistic) proposal:Besides NBCU&aposs deep library, it should make a play for every library it can grab.
It's a region packed with ambitious state-level politicians, and wealthy potential self-funders who could make a play for the seat.
Colombia's second-largest rebel group — the National Liberation Army, or ELN — is also expected to make a play for FARC assets after demobilization.
Still Uber may be keen to make a play for China until it gains traction, for as long as it can afford to.
"You try to make a play for him and your mess it up and he corrects your mistake and finished it," Brogdon said.
Which leads to the second and more convincing theory: that Russia decided to make a play for more power in the global oil market.
Conventional wisdom holds that Chinese investors want to make a play for African resources — such as mining — as fuel to power China's mighty manufacturing sector.
He needed only a reasonably strong showing in the debate to consolidate his gains and make a play for remaining undecided voters, especially suburban women.
With Whole Foods shares trading around Amazon's offer price, investors appear to be speculating that another suitor could make a play for the grocery chain.
Paired with their attacks on 30 years of trade deals ruining American prosperity, Trump is trying to make a play for the frustrated Sanders supporters.
In banking circles, there's a joke about what it means when the big banks make a play for regional business: The deals market has already peaked.
The traditional wisdom is that to win, Democrats need to make a play for the white working class and moderate white suburbanites turned off by Trump.
They also signal that Schultz, a lifelong Democrat, is likely to make a play for Republican voters should he mount a campaign for the White House.
Many observers also expect the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and New York Knicks to be among the teams attempting to make a play for James.
They also signal how Democrats plan to make a play for Trump's working-class voters, by arguing their Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits are at risk.
House candidates across the country are raking in cash ahead of the pivotal 0003 midterm elections, with Democrats looking to make a play for the House majority.
But if liberal good intentions are to make a play for a better future, they cannot merely recognize the ways they've come to hate their former allies.
His interests seem apparent: He was playing around with various D-listers in Hollywood, and decided he'd make a play for true fame by going on The Bachelorette.
If AT&T were to win that case, Mr Roberts might feel emboldened to make a play for Fox's other assets, including its film studio and TV networks.
Warren Buffett said Thursday it is "very hard" to offer a premium for a packaged food company, tempering speculation Kraft Heinz may make a play for Campbell Soup.
Though Puerto Ricans tend to lean left, many have also registered as Florida voters without party affiliation, giving Republicans an opening to make a play for their support.
"He just controls the ball, controls the pace of the game, puts everyone in position to score and make a play for each other," Wiggins said of Rubio.
Given Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's thin margin for error — he can lose only two of his 52 members — he could still make a play for Collins's vote.
But he's not seriously competing in South Carolina and won't be in the state tonight, hoping instead to make a play for Northeastern and Midwestern contests in early March.
It is hard to tell it is made in China, and that's intentional: Its makers have largely ignored their home market to make a play for the American audience.
Democrats felt emboldened that they could make a play for Arizona and that Trump would have a down-ballot drag, particularly in a state with a large Hispanic population.
And if that's the case, soccer clubs being the same regardless of gender or location, expect more English teams to make a play for big names from across the Atlantic.
If the Rangers wanted to make a play for, say, Julio Teheran of the Atlanta Braves (2.88 ERA, 149 ERA+, 98 IP), they could most certainly have the chips do that.
Since President Trump only won the Atlanta suburban district by 1 point, Democrats feel emboldened that they can mobilize anti-Trump backlash and make a play for the traditionally Republican seat.
Today's media giants will all make a play for this new supply of attention, but the jostling will make space for new upstarts or for an older player to reboot themselves.
Why it matters: Cotton cites China's interest in the island, especially given its proximity to North America and the Arctic, as reason that the U.S. should make a play for it.
Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who is currently the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, is expected to make a play for the Judiciary spot, according to several lawmakers and aides.
Beauty Bridge, a cosmetics company based in Nutlet, New Jersey, told ProPublica, that they hoped Wal-Mart would make a play for smaller online retailers, especially given its recent acquisition of Jet.com. 
A major oil company, the likes of BP, Exxon, or Chevron, could make a play for Occidental Petroleum, "which has the best acreage in the booming, low-cost Permian Basin," he said.
It was Trump's first trip to the "Land of Enchantment" as President, and a sign of his campaign's promise to make a play for the state that voted decisively Democratic in 20193.
The season 1 conversation centered around the possibility that Daenerys would convince Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) to cross the Narrow Sea with his Dothraki horde and make a play for the Iron Throne.
To close the gap this year, and to make a play for the state's 20 electoral votes, Trump has focused on Rust Belt towns in Western Pennsylvania, where he thrived in the primary.
Cruz: The man who once made it his business to outflank almost the entire Republican party from the right decided to make a play for pragmatism — and found himself outflanked from the right.
He felt great after Saturday night's debate, the crowds have been good, and some polling suggests room for the Ohio governor to make a play for place or show in the Palmetto State.
Diane (Alison Brie) tried to make a play for a grander, more altruistic life, only to end up lost, drunk, and hiding from her perpetually enthusiastic Labrador husband Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins).
He knows that they're all trying to make a play for bowling to become a big commercial thing again, and he tries his best to engage in that, but he can't really do it.
The Bagger has heard that publicists for "Black Panther" breathed a sigh of relief when the popular-film Oscar was abandoned last week: Now, this film can make a play for the real deal.
Metta World Peace didn't even wait an hour to make a play for David Fizdale's job -- claiming he should be the next coach of the Knicks 'cause he's got that NYC street ball mentality!
There are multiple bidders, and insiders tell Mashable that Fox 2000 is interested, as is Paramount, which could make a play for the sought-after material on behalf of Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way.
One source familiar with the planning said a number of the sites under consideration for the final days of campaigning are in states where Republicans want to defend or make a play for Senate seats.
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, dampened speculation that Kraft Heinz would make a play for Campbell Soup, saying on Thursday it is "very hard" to offer a premium for a packaged food company.
Those tracking the Judiciary race say one of the House Freedom Caucus members on the committee might also make a play for the chairmanship, but it's unlikely they would get the backing of House leadership. Rep.
And for a candidate like Klobuchar — someone who is stuck sharing a lane with Buttigieg — this will be one of the final times to really make a play for those waffling between Minneapolis and South Bend.
As a dozen or so Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to make a play for the progressive mantle, an alliance of House progressives and outside groups is making a play to shape the policies and priorities that will define it.
Cruz could use the debate to make a play for the next state, South Carolina, where evangelical voters make up a larger share of the GOP electorate and which is next to vote, with its primary on February 20.
Despite the mounting setbacks, Warren's campaign was as recently as Sunday touting a plan to amass delegates through the late spring and make a play for the nomination, as a unity candidate, during the Democratic National Convention this summer.
There has long been chatter that "Avengers: Endgame" could make a play for the top spot on the list of highest grossing films, but no one was sure it was possible or that the film would near that benchmark so quickly.
"So folks just aren't making individual decisions as much and advisors are more making longer-term sector and strategic investments than saying let's make a play for this one name or the others' earnings," Tabb Group's Larry Tabb told CNBC.
If Republicans defy the odds and hang on to the House, sources are expecting McHenry to make a play for majority whip, a post he appeared poised to win in 2015 until McCarthy unexpectedly dropped his bid for the Speakership.
In a different year, the Indians (just to pick one example) might be able to make a play for catchers such as Wilson Ramos, of the Nationals, or the Orioles' Matt Wieters; this year, those guys are starting on contenders.
And Cárdenas added that Biden lacked the funding early on in the primary to make a play for Hispanics while courting the African American and white suburban voters that propelled him to his current first place in the current Democratic race.
While Democrats failed to win Georgia in 2016, the party now feels emboldened to mobilize the energy from anti-Trump protests and make a play for a reach district by coalescing behind former congressional aide Jon Ossoff as the party's candidate.
Given the corporate sector&aposs unwillingness to invest their elevated after-tax earnings, if we really wanted to make a play for boosting structural economic growth—lifting the underlying trend growth rate—we should consider a large public investment program.
South Korea and Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup and both have since bid separately to host the event again, but with China tipped to make a play for the 2030 tournament Do was keen to talk up a regional bid.
The company has tried to make a play for acquiring more newspapers over the past few years, including at one point an attempt to buy Chicago Tribune publisher Tribune Publishing, formerly called Tronc, while simultaneously engaging in some small cost-cutting efforts, including layoffs.
The proposal would allow Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to make a play for secondary listings from Chinese firms such as Alibaba Group and Baidu Inc that have been drawn to New York due to less stringent rules on profitability and share structures.
Others have noted that the kind of products that are sold to men tend to be too graphic to make a play for the mainstream market — the aforementioned Fleshlight, with its vulval exterior and porn-star-laden packaging, isn't really the best fit for Walmart.
She trails by 8 and if she can parlay her strong debate performance into strong performances in Nevada and South Carolina, then she may be poised to make a play for part of the biggest delegate prize on Super Tuesday in the Golden State.
The argument does, however, appear to align with many of the theories that Trump has promoted about misconduct and bias in the special counsel investigation — which he labeled as a "witch hunt" — and could be designed in part to make a play for a pardon.
If Mr. Buttigieg finishes strongly in the Iowa caucuses, Mr. Rosenberg added, he could make a play for the center lane of the Democratic electorate, establishing himself as a moderate alternative to Ms. Warren and a more youthful centrist pick than Mr. Biden, who is 76.
Whew." Elsewhere, this is what the cast had to say about some other big moments:  In the episode, Abby was confronted with a moral quandary: Should she tell the president about Cyrus' ties to Vargas and make a play for his job or be a "better person?
Republican Jim Hagedorn, the son of a former Minnesota congressman who's on his third run for the seat, is using that to make a play for the agricultural vote in an effort to flip the seat, currently held by Democrat Tim Walz, who's running for governor.
Green was a revelation during the Warriors championship run as a player who could perfectly defend a possession, grab the defensive rebound, bring the ball up the floor, and then make a play for a teammate, whether it was springing open a shooter or hitting a cutter.
The Yankees are in their current circumstance in part because they did not make a play for Justin Verlander last summer, when he passed through waivers and was claimed by the Astros, and they would not include Andujar in a deal with Pittsburgh for Gerrit Cole over the winter.
Two sources familiar with Meadows' thinking said he has considered leaving his perch in the House Freedom Caucus to become chief of staff or to pursue other opportunities in the administration but wouldn't make a play for the top White House job unless Mulvaney or Trump approached him first.
Some see John Culberson as a vulnerable candidate, and you say there are people in the district who are dissatisfied with his Tea Party politics — I'm wondering if you're going to make a play for those Republican voters and if you think you can win them over. Yes.
Second, in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, where Trump will make a play for disaffected Democratic voters, Warren could offer a powerful retort and remind these voters that the economic policies of Trump and the GOP don't really match up with the promises he is making about restoring their economic security.
It also might let Democrats make a play for areas that Trump flipped from blue to red in 2016: Historian Kathleen Frydl found that many of the Ohio and Pennsylvania counties that went from President Barack Obama to Trump that election year were hit particularly hard by the opioid crisis.
Tom GravesJohn (Tom) Thomas GravesGOP scores procedural win by securing more funding to enforce Iran sanctions Bipartisan bill would enable companies to defend themselves against cyberattacks Republicans spend more than million at Trump properties MORE (Ga.), has been receiving praise from conservatives in recent months and could make a play for the gavel.
Though Sessions would be the clear front-runner if he runs, his frayed ties with Trump could create an opening for other Republicans to make a play for the seat — and cause a messy primary similar to the one that cost the party the seat last year, several Alabama Republicans tracking the situation said.
Each of these races is unique, as Menendez and his troubles prove, but if Democrats are going to make a play for the majority, a tight New Jersey race, even if it still leans toward Menendez, is the last thing party leaders want to worry about if it provides an unexpected opportunity for Republicans.
Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's senior communications adviser says the presidential campaign will make a play for New Mexico and Michigan.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.) in an interview with The Hill said he thinks Republicans can make a play for Democratic Sen.
Democrats are optimistic that tight polls in Utah and Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's unpopularity there give them a chance to make a play for the reliably red state.
By hosting their convention in Wisconsin — after Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe exhaustion of Democrats' anti-Trump delusions Poll: Trump trails three Democrats by 85003 points in Colorado Soft levels of support mark this year's Democratic primary MORE failed to visit the state in 2016 and Wisconsin turned red for Donald Trump — there is no doubt the Democrats are trying to make a play for the region.
If Trump continues to win at the pace he is now, he'd fall more than 100 delegates short, allowing rivals Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump moves forward with F-85033 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE and John Kasich to make a play for the nomination at a contested convention.
One of her strongest surrogates, first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaMichelle Obama to present Lin-Manuel Miranda with the Portrait of a Nation Prize Michelle Obama thanks her high school for naming new athletic complex after her US ambassador to Germany calls out journalists who blocked him on Twitter MORE, will give a speech in Phoenix this week as the Democratic nominee looks to make a play for traditionally red Arizona.

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