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How to use the word stances in a Sentence?

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The FBI, for a variety of reasons, was not going to do anything to stop these bad things from happening, james Comey had taken public stances around that time period that were, in my view, unfair, and putting the thumb on the scale against Hillary Clinton.

Marc Elias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have been through an era where others have been killed because of the stances that they were taking, i believe the threats are coming because the atmosphere feels like they can easily target women of color.

Jeffrey Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our members wished to hear from all of the candidates on qualified immunity, state law enforcement benefits, [the] Brady Giglio law, Second Amendment stances, procedural guarantee for officers and other issues that impact our members working lives, but sadly Terry McAuliffe, Hala Ayala and Mark Herring decided that this process was not a priority for them.

Sean McGowan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It would send a clear message that they are listening to the people, not only here in Utah, but across the country when people are saying that names do matter; flags do matter; the Confederate symbols and the Southern stances after the Civil War -- they do matter.

Jeanetta Williams

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

At the very beginning of the outbreak, we had many questions about how transmission of this virus occurred. And unfortunately, we saw a number of people taking very firm stances about it was happening this way or it wasn't happening this way. And as we have continued to learn how transmission occurs with this outbreak, it is clear that many of those early statements were not correct, this is time for straight talk.

Michael Osterholm

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our company wants to be on the right side of history and we are doing everything that is needed, but we cannot do it alone and as a matter of fact even the entire energy industry cannot do it on its own, if we cannot do it together with customers, regulators, policymakers, it's just not going to happen. That's why I think we have to all try to step up, rather than accusing, polarizing and using very unhelpful stances.

Ben van Beurden

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I admire Dr. Carson very much, I agree with his policy stances, he's a very intelligent, bright man, but it's not in the cards that he's going to be the nominee of our party in 2016, i think Sen. Cruz has the best opportunity to win the nomination and get elected president.

Sam Pimm

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He was a man of policy and honor and not politics, a lot of the stances he took were not politically expedient or popular back home, but they were the right positions to take.

Dale Bumpers

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A relatively quiet market reflects investors' cautious stances on the ECB meeting and other meetings, until then, investors are taking their cues from U.S. earnings and Japanese companies' earnings.

Hikaru Sato

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Somewhat surprisingly, the negative reaction to the disappointing Chinese data was very limited, indicating that much of the bad news has already been priced in, as the Volkswagen shock slowly fades, general positive economic fundamentals and supportive central bank stances should increasingly lend support to markets.

Markus Huber

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The dichotomy between the monetary policy stances in the U.S. and UK and those in Europe and Japan, coupled with falling commodity prices and a weaker Chinese growth and activity outlook, makes for a rather lethal cocktail for emerging-market currency risk.

Jeffrey Schultz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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