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The majority of the population fiercely oppose going to the polls to legitimize the military’s political control, so we will see violence ratchet up if the regime seeks to impose a vote, and resistance groups seek to disrupt them. – Richard Horsey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We're going to hear from Zelensky again tomorrow and I'm sure he'll make an ask to ratchet up the level of assistance we're providing, to include the MiGs. – John Thune	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I know the administration has its position on that, but there would be a lot of bipartisan support for jets, we're going to hear from Zelensky again tomorrow and I'm sure he'll make an ask to ratchet up the level of assistance we're providing, to include the MiGs. – John Thune	Found on CNN 2 years ago
But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We're all together at this point and we need to be together about what should be done. But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They periodically ratchet up the pressure to pressure Taiwan, to pressure the United States and to probe weaknesses, to test our resolve, and probably the proximate cause of the most recent escalation and probing has to do with our sloppy and unfortunate disaster with respect to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. – James Anderson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
No doubt it will be a challenging few months as the vaccines struggle to get distributed and lockdowns remain in place, however, as COVID gets under control, we expect growth to ratchet higher, running at around a 7% pace in the second half of the year. – Sam Bullard	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
¨In a battle between resources and ingenuity, never underestimate ingenuity¨ -Ratchet – Alex Irvine	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The more you ratchet down (delivery) time frames, the less margin you have for error. – Evan Armstrong	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a catheter-based procedure. What's most important for people to understand : We're not opening up anyone's chest, we like people to get up and move the next day. I think we would tell people to take a few days off before they ratchet it up, because we just want the arteries to heal. – Roxana Mehran	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are very concerned: we don't think either side wants a war, but we are very concerned that we could get into an accidental war and we are doing everything we can to ratchet things down. – Jeremy Hunt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
You have to ratchet back the (forecast output) numbers, there are growers who won't be able to plant a crop, and those that do desperately need rain. – Andrew Woodhouse	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If tensions ratchet up between the United States and North Korea, then China will end up in the middle, being seen as working closely with the country which is the problem, not giving up its nuclear weapons. – Bonnie Glaser	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You want to ratchet that down, isn't that interfering with decisional independence? – Elena Kagan	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Individually, the OPM breach and the Ashley Madison breach both present significant dangers to U.S. personnel, including intelligence personnel, but taken together, they really ratchet up the level of harm, the OPM breach has confidential information about U.S. personnel and people that have applied for security clearances, and the Ashley Madison breach reveals people's most intimate secrets about the affairs they might be having, and together, it provides a lot of leverage that could be used to blackmail and possibly influence U.S. personnel. – Marc Zwillinger	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Let me suggest that had the President and his team spent as much time trying to ratchet up the sanctions on the Iranians over the last two years as they have entering into an agreement, which most of us are highly skeptical of as to having any positive impact at all, we'd have ended up in better place. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Senate Republicans are about to cave in to President Obama, it’s time … to ratchet up the pressure on wobbly Senators. – The Tea Party	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up. – Trey Gowdy	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We want to ratchet up the pressure in mediation with the outcome of the ballot. – Nicoley Baublies	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The notion that we can simply ratchet up sanctions further and further and further and then ultimately Putin changes his mind, I think is a miscalculation. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

The majority of the population fiercely oppose going to the polls to legitimize the military’s political control, so we will see violence ratchet up if the regime seeks to impose a vote, and resistance groups seek to disrupt them.

– Richard Horsey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're going to hear from Zelensky again tomorrow and I'm sure he'll make an ask to ratchet up the level of assistance we're providing, to include the MiGs.

– John Thune

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I know the administration has its position on that, but there would be a lot of bipartisan support for jets, we're going to hear from Zelensky again tomorrow and I'm sure he'll make an ask to ratchet up the level of assistance we're providing, to include the MiGs.

– John Thune

Found on CNN
2 years ago

But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're all together at this point and we need to be together about what should be done. But I have some advice. Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don't hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now, there's no such thing as a little invasion.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They periodically ratchet up the pressure to pressure Taiwan, to pressure the United States and to probe weaknesses, to test our resolve, and probably the proximate cause of the most recent escalation and probing has to do with our sloppy and unfortunate disaster with respect to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

– James Anderson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

No doubt it will be a challenging few months as the vaccines struggle to get distributed and lockdowns remain in place, however, as COVID gets under control, we expect growth to ratchet higher, running at around a 7% pace in the second half of the year.

– Sam Bullard

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

¨In a battle between resources and ingenuity, never underestimate ingenuity¨ -Ratchet

– Alex Irvine

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The more you ratchet down (delivery) time frames, the less margin you have for error.

– Evan Armstrong

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a catheter-based procedure. What's most important for people to understand : We're not opening up anyone's chest, we like people to get up and move the next day. I think we would tell people to take a few days off before they ratchet it up, because we just want the arteries to heal.

– Roxana Mehran

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are very concerned: we don't think either side wants a war, but we are very concerned that we could get into an accidental war and we are doing everything we can to ratchet things down.

– Jeremy Hunt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You have to ratchet back the (forecast output) numbers, there are growers who won't be able to plant a crop, and those that do desperately need rain.

– Andrew Woodhouse

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If tensions ratchet up between the United States and North Korea, then China will end up in the middle, being seen as working closely with the country which is the problem, not giving up its nuclear weapons.

– Bonnie Glaser

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You want to ratchet that down, isn't that interfering with decisional independence?

– Elena Kagan

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Individually, the OPM breach and the Ashley Madison breach both present significant dangers to U.S. personnel, including intelligence personnel, but taken together, they really ratchet up the level of harm, the OPM breach has confidential information about U.S. personnel and people that have applied for security clearances, and the Ashley Madison breach reveals people's most intimate secrets about the affairs they might be having, and together, it provides a lot of leverage that could be used to blackmail and possibly influence U.S. personnel.

– Marc Zwillinger

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Let me suggest that had the President and his team spent as much time trying to ratchet up the sanctions on the Iranians over the last two years as they have entering into an agreement, which most of us are highly skeptical of as to having any positive impact at all, we'd have ended up in better place.

– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Senate Republicans are about to cave in to President Obama, it’s time … to ratchet up the pressure on wobbly Senators.

– The Tea Party

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up.

– Trey Gowdy

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We want to ratchet up the pressure in mediation with the outcome of the ballot.

– Nicoley Baublies

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The notion that we can simply ratchet up sanctions further and further and further and then ultimately Putin changes his mind, I think is a miscalculation.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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