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How to use the word promises in a Sentence? Page #6

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The fact is that whatever promises are made over the course of this election campaign, taxes are going to have to rise over the coming decade.

Matt Whittaker

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think a lot of people have gotten very tired of the rhetoric and the promises and the pie in the sky, unicorn flying over the rainbow.

Mary Figueras

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If America does not keep to its promises, our offensive will continue from where it left off, with a much greater determination, there is no place for the (Kurdish fighters) in Syrias future. We hope that with Russias cooperation, we will rid the region of separatist terror.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

If the United States is able to keep the promises it gave us by Tuesday night, at the end of the 120-hour period, the issue of a safe zone will have been resolved. But if this promise is not kept, without exception, the minute the 120 hours end, our Operation Peace Spring will resume from where it left off in an even more determined way.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

If you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes in our politics and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, you've got a home with me, i am someone who tells the truth, I don't make promises I can't keep.

Amy KlobucharA

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We tried to apply everything, we pulled out our troops, we destroyed our tunnels but unfortunately the United States did not keep their promises.

Mustafa Bali

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They are obviously extremely disappointed with this. we tried to apply everything, we pulled out our troops, we destroyed our tunnels but unfortunately the United States did not keep their promises.

Mustafa Bali

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I am someone who tells the truth, I don't make promises I can't keep.

Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

For all my promises, I will show in great detail how I am paying for it.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Last cycle, Democrats crushed Republicans in New Mexico because voters are fed up with President Trump's toxic healthcare agenda and broken promises, we take nothing for granted, but this GOP strategy looks like they're concerned about a realistic pathway to 270 electoral votes.

David Bergstein

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The only way to stop yield falls is to dramatically trim bond buying. But that's hard to do because the BOJ also promises to increase money printing, markets are testing the BOJ's resolve to defend the floor for yields, but I don't think the BOJ has a clear idea on how to deal with this problem.

Kazuo Momma

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Marianne Williamson're going to hear a lot of promises up here, but I'm going will tell Marianne Williamson this, yes, I have bold ideas but they are grounded in reality. And, yes, I will make some simple promises. I can win this. I'm from the Midwest. And I have won every race, every place, every time.

Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It looked like a bad deal then, and it looks like a bad deal today, despite the parties' promises and this proposed consent decree.

Amy Klobuchar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The' Broken Promises' bus tour is very unique and unlike anything other candidates have done, it recognizes that voters are viewing this primary through the lens of President Trump and who can beat President Trump in the general. It also demonstrates that Kirsten will go to Trump's( symbolic) doorstep -- whether it's in states he flipped in 2016 or launching at Trump International.

Communications Director Meredith Kelly

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Do not jeopardize your lives and those of your children, do not trust people traffickers who only seek their own profit and who often fail to fulfill the promises they make.

Foreign Affairs

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Every day Oregonians can see that President Donald Trump is taking on the big problems and making the economy a huge success. This provides a powerful contrast between the policies we hear about from the 2020 Democratic presidential field, and the promises kept and success delivered by President Donald Trump. Oregon continues to be home to a growing number of forgotten men and women, especially in rural Oregon, a major theme of President Donald Trump campaign since 2016.

Kevin Hoar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They are trying to appeal to specific groups with these specific policies( but) when they make all these promises they run the risk of frightening taxpayers.

Glen Bolger

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A decade ago, soldiers across Colombia lured civilians to remote locations under false pretenses such as with promises of work killed them, placed weapons on their lifeless bodies, and then reported them as enemy combatants killed in action, one cant help wonder if any of the cockades in their uniforms, or the promotions throughout successful careers, corresponds to the murder of innocent civilians committed over a decade ago.

Jos Miguel Vivanco

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

People who don’t keep promises, can’t be trusted.

RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
4 years ago

The U.S. side has given many labels recently, 'backtracking,' 'betraying,' etc. ... China sets great store on trustworthiness and keeps its promises, and this has never changed.

Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We delivered on our promises again this quarter, and even exceeded expectations in many areas, now we enter into a new era to become an even stronger and more focused Siemens.

Tuesday Siemens

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

You come at a time when Macedonian society is deeply divided, and the Macedonian (nation) is heavily wounded by broken promises, unfulfilled expectations and faltering trust in the international community.

Gjorge Ivanov

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Everybody in the union is tired of hearing promises about bringing work back, we need to start seeing action.

Colleen Wooten

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm keeping my mind open. It's very early, and there are a lot of players in the game, everybody in the union is tired of hearing promises about bringing work back.

Colleen Wooten

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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