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Some of these people reasonably believe that unless they can brandish or, if necessary, use a handgun in the face of attack, they may be murdered, raped, or suffer some other serious injury. – The George	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m not going to sit here publicly and brandish threats, but what I will tell you is we are communicating directly and privately to Beijing that there absolutely will be consequences. – Yang Jiechi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a man who used his bully pulpit and the office of the governor to build and brandish his public image daily. Now, he can't rely on the constant coverage he once earned as the top state official, there is no beat for' former governor angrily tweeting from Westchester.'. – Monica Klein	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If you're an unarmed man who's charging some intoxicated lunatic ... that is waving a gun at a crowd of people, that is definitely self-defense, shooting an unarmed person that tried to disarm you, after you unlawfully brandish a gun, cannot be self-defense. – Stephen Stubbs	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The idea came from witnessing some bad habits that school kids have picked up from the increased coverage of global football, we've seen kids brandish imaginary red cards towards the referee in an attempt to get an opposition player sent off. And also blatantly diving to win penalties. – Darren Urquhart	Found on CNN 8 years ago
On May 8, for the first time, the people of Ukraine will join the European tradition to commemorate the victims of World War Two, the very next day in Moscow, under the pretext of the Great Victory, the aggressor's army will brandish its lethal might in front of the world. Some of the units were in Donetsk a few days ago and soon they will appear on the military parade in Moscow. – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Xinjiang's anti-terrorism fight has entered a phase that is more complicated and more intense than in the past, we must take the initiative to brandish the sword, take the offensive and comprehensively attack. – Zhang Chunxian	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We must take the initiative to brandish the sword, take the offensive and comprehensively attack. – Zhang Chunxian	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Some of these people reasonably believe that unless they can brandish or, if necessary, use a handgun in the face of attack, they may be murdered, raped, or suffer some other serious injury.

– The George

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m not going to sit here publicly and brandish threats, but what I will tell you is we are communicating directly and privately to Beijing that there absolutely will be consequences.

– Yang Jiechi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a man who used his bully pulpit and the office of the governor to build and brandish his public image daily. Now, he can't rely on the constant coverage he once earned as the top state official, there is no beat for' former governor angrily tweeting from Westchester.'.

– Monica Klein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you're an unarmed man who's charging some intoxicated lunatic ... that is waving a gun at a crowd of people, that is definitely self-defense, shooting an unarmed person that tried to disarm you, after you unlawfully brandish a gun, cannot be self-defense.

– Stephen Stubbs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The idea came from witnessing some bad habits that school kids have picked up from the increased coverage of global football, we've seen kids brandish imaginary red cards towards the referee in an attempt to get an opposition player sent off. And also blatantly diving to win penalties.

– Darren Urquhart

Found on CNN
8 years ago

On May 8, for the first time, the people of Ukraine will join the European tradition to commemorate the victims of World War Two, the very next day in Moscow, under the pretext of the Great Victory, the aggressor's army will brandish its lethal might in front of the world. Some of the units were in Donetsk a few days ago and soon they will appear on the military parade in Moscow.

– Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Xinjiang's anti-terrorism fight has entered a phase that is more complicated and more intense than in the past, we must take the initiative to brandish the sword, take the offensive and comprehensively attack.

– Zhang Chunxian

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We must take the initiative to brandish the sword, take the offensive and comprehensively attack.

– Zhang Chunxian

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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