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The end of the rate hiking cycle is in sight, the Fed is trying to navigate the very narrow path between defeating inflation and destroying the economy with blunt force rate hikes — even they now know the latter is a very real risk. – Jamie Cox	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am going to try to help explain to the American people that defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Who is President Trump going to be most interested in defeating first ? I think it's Mike Pence, i think because the stuff that Mike Pence [ said ] about Pence letting Mike Pence down, I think, is real. – Mick Mulvaney	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The thing that you lose without a permit is if you're traveling between states, you no longer have the right to carry a firearm with you, it's self-defeating on two sides. – Warren Eller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison're keeping him in captivity. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison're stomping all over Novak to stomp all over Serbia and Serbian people, morrison and his like have dared attack Novak to bring Serbia to its knees. Serbia has always shown that he comes from a proud nation. Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. ( AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File) Novak Djokovic SUPPORTERS SHOW UP AT MELBOURNE HOTEL WHERE HE'S BELIEVED TO BE HELD. – Srdjan Djokovic	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Florida is a competitive battleground state in 2022, gov. DeSantis is vulnerable and defeating him is a priority for the DGA. – Executive Director Noam Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's defeating to put another person on the ventilator, it's defeating to put another person in prone positioning or paralyzing them or watching them get more test tubes. It's defeating to watch health care providers that I care about or Joelle Craft stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. It's also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag. – Joelle Craft	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In lieu of defeating Israel on the battlefield, the Jihad has initiated a war of delegitimization intended on erasing international support for Israel, in essence it’s a massive smear campaign in which Israel’s ancient history in this land is systematically erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian narrative. The main target of this campaign are young westerners who are simply too ignorant to fight back with facts. – King Herod	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
All the Democratic candidates would be superior to four more years of endless Trump lies and divisiveness and incivility. All would end Trump's relentless injection of venom against those who disagree with him and his endless elevation of his personal interest and ego above the interests of the nation, i have concluded that Vice President Joe Biden has the best chance of defeating Donald Trump -- and the best chance of winning Michigan's electoral votes. – Sander Levin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Right now, about half of all adults have at least one vaccination shot and masks remain an important tool in defeating this pandemic, we will continue to work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate the need for these directives and recognize the significant level of compliance thus far. – Darby LaJoye	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and Katherine Schwarzenegger Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will. – Chris Pratt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and her Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will. – Chris Pratt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thanks to many hard-working medical experts, and President Trump's Operation Warp Speed, our state and nation is well on Operation Warp Speed way to defeating the COVID19 virus. But requiring all citizens to share their private health records is something you'd see in a communist country, not in the United States of America. – John Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Despite the media's endless attempts to divide us, our Members are united in our laser focus on defeating the radical Socialist Democrat agenda of President Biden and Speaker Pelosi. – Elise Stefanik	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
General Austin experience in fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to deterring and, if necessary, defeating a near-peer competitor. – Oriana Skylar Mastro	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The world is braced for a second wave of infection - what lies ahead is a tenuous and uphill battle, defeating the pandemic requires concerted efforts from all countries. The major ones in particular should play an exemplary role in promoting collaboration. – Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This would be a self-defeating mistake. – Neal Shearing	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Twenty-three people were shot in El Paso for just being Latin and you dont care so youregonna vote for this braggadocio president? I just feel like its self-defeating and selfish. – John Leguizamo	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Senator Alexander are on the verge of a historical upset in Tennessee politics of finally defeating the Romney Republican establishment in Tennessee, i think it's the first time that a true conservative can win here in a Manny Sethi Senate race. – Manny Sethi	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This senseless action will have significant, harmful repercussions now and far beyond this perilous moment, particularly as the WHO is leading worldwide vaccine development and drug trials to combat the pandemic, cOVID-19 affects us all and does not respect borders ; defeating it requires the entire world working together. In the strongest terms possible, American Medical Association urges the President to reverse course and not abandon our country's leadership position in the global fight against COVID-19. – Patrice Harris	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The entire Department is deeply saddened by the loss of our first active duty member to Covid-19. Our thoughts are with the family of the Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost Theodore Roosevelt battle with the virus today. We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak. – Defense Mark Esper	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our thoughts are with the family of the USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost his battle with the virus today.We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak. – The Navy	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I think there are certain people that would like it to do financially poorly because they think that would be very good as far as defeating me at the polls. – President Donald Trump	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Marshaling our economic strength is a key feature of defeating the virus, producing the material, supplies and equipment that we need. And they're doing a really fantastic job. – President Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago

The end of the rate hiking cycle is in sight, the Fed is trying to navigate the very narrow path between defeating inflation and destroying the economy with blunt force rate hikes — even they now know the latter is a very real risk.

– Jamie Cox

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am going to try to help explain to the American people that defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Who is President Trump going to be most interested in defeating first ? I think it's Mike Pence, i think because the stuff that Mike Pence [ said ] about Pence letting Mike Pence down, I think, is real.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The thing that you lose without a permit is if you're traveling between states, you no longer have the right to carry a firearm with you, it's self-defeating on two sides.

– Warren Eller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison're keeping him in captivity. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison're stomping all over Novak to stomp all over Serbia and Serbian people, morrison and his like have dared attack Novak to bring Serbia to its knees. Serbia has always shown that he comes from a proud nation. Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. ( AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File) Novak Djokovic SUPPORTERS SHOW UP AT MELBOURNE HOTEL WHERE HE'S BELIEVED TO BE HELD.

– Srdjan Djokovic

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Florida is a competitive battleground state in 2022, gov. DeSantis is vulnerable and defeating him is a priority for the DGA.

– Executive Director Noam Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's defeating to put another person on the ventilator, it's defeating to put another person in prone positioning or paralyzing them or watching them get more test tubes. It's defeating to watch health care providers that I care about or Joelle Craft stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. It's also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag.

– Joelle Craft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In lieu of defeating Israel on the battlefield, the Jihad has initiated a war of delegitimization intended on erasing international support for Israel, in essence it’s a massive smear campaign in which Israel’s ancient history in this land is systematically erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian narrative. The main target of this campaign are young westerners who are simply too ignorant to fight back with facts.

– King Herod

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All the Democratic candidates would be superior to four more years of endless Trump lies and divisiveness and incivility. All would end Trump's relentless injection of venom against those who disagree with him and his endless elevation of his personal interest and ego above the interests of the nation, i have concluded that Vice President Joe Biden has the best chance of defeating Donald Trump -- and the best chance of winning Michigan's electoral votes.

– Sander Levin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Right now, about half of all adults have at least one vaccination shot and masks remain an important tool in defeating this pandemic, we will continue to work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to evaluate the need for these directives and recognize the significant level of compliance thus far.

– Darby LaJoye

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and Katherine Schwarzenegger Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will.

– Chris Pratt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and her Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will.

– Chris Pratt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thanks to many hard-working medical experts, and President Trump's Operation Warp Speed, our state and nation is well on Operation Warp Speed way to defeating the COVID19 virus. But requiring all citizens to share their private health records is something you'd see in a communist country, not in the United States of America.

– John Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Despite the media's endless attempts to divide us, our Members are united in our laser focus on defeating the radical Socialist Democrat agenda of President Biden and Speaker Pelosi.

– Elise Stefanik

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

General Austin experience in fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan is largely irrelevant to deterring and, if necessary, defeating a near-peer competitor.

– Oriana Skylar Mastro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The world is braced for a second wave of infection - what lies ahead is a tenuous and uphill battle, defeating the pandemic requires concerted efforts from all countries. The major ones in particular should play an exemplary role in promoting collaboration.

– Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This would be a self-defeating mistake.

– Neal Shearing

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Twenty-three people were shot in El Paso for just being Latin and you dont care so youregonna vote for this braggadocio president? I just feel like its self-defeating and selfish.

– John Leguizamo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Senator Alexander are on the verge of a historical upset in Tennessee politics of finally defeating the Romney Republican establishment in Tennessee, i think it's the first time that a true conservative can win here in a Manny Sethi Senate race.

– Manny Sethi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This senseless action will have significant, harmful repercussions now and far beyond this perilous moment, particularly as the WHO is leading worldwide vaccine development and drug trials to combat the pandemic, cOVID-19 affects us all and does not respect borders ; defeating it requires the entire world working together. In the strongest terms possible, American Medical Association urges the President to reverse course and not abandon our country's leadership position in the global fight against COVID-19.

– Patrice Harris

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The entire Department is deeply saddened by the loss of our first active duty member to Covid-19. Our thoughts are with the family of the Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost Theodore Roosevelt battle with the virus today. We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak.

– Defense Mark Esper

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our thoughts are with the family of the USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost his battle with the virus today.We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak.

– The Navy

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think there are certain people that would like it to do financially poorly because they think that would be very good as far as defeating me at the polls.

– President Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Marshaling our economic strength is a key feature of defeating the virus, producing the material, supplies and equipment that we need. And they're doing a really fantastic job.

– President Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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