Mount
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321 examples of Mount in a sentence
Today, as protests
mount
and multiply, the government of every Arab state in the Middle East and North Africa probably believes that, if left to its own devices, it can contain internal dissent.
And today's huge reserves can disappear if bad news begins to mount, pushing up interest rates.
This will place them in a strong position to
mount
a new sovereignty challenge in a few years.
Meanwhile, concern about the health of the US recovery continues to
mount.
Congress has pared $100 billion from the Bush administration's 10-year $726 billion tax cut plan, and the US's projected 10-year $2 trillion budget deficit will grow as the Iraq war's costs mount, with President Bush submitting a supplemental request for $80bn (0.8% of GDP) in extra military spending this year.
In order to persuade voters, candidates
mount
multi-media pageants costing tens of millions of dollars.
Tackling the two biggest killers of children worldwide may seem daunting, but we have all the knowledge we need to
mount
an effective response.
For its part, Europe needs to
mount
a charm offensive to persuade Putin and Medvedev that Russia’s real interest is in improving bilateral relations.
The internal contradictions of Pakistan's volte face are now being exposed as the army's bloody encounters with Al-Qaida become more frequent, casualties mount, and hostile tribal reaction to joint US/Pakistani search-and-destroy operations on the western border increases.
Yet, while some rural areas are under guerrilla influence, and despite the wealth that drug trafficking has brought them, FARC and the ELN have proven too weak and unpopular to
mount
a serious threat to bring down Colombia’s government.
Those, like Monti, who want to
mount
a challenge from the center, however personally impressive they may be, have steep obstacles to overcome, and for good reasons.
And those risks continue to mount: in countries such as Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, coastal populations are expected to double by 2060.
The number of those displaced by natural disasters is rising, as the adverse effects of climate change continue to
mount.
But having allowed excessive debt to mount, sensible policy design must start from the recognition that many debts, both public and private, simply cannot be repaid.
Barring the unlikely possibility that he will
mount
a presidential run sometime in the future, he is effectively abdicating one of the most powerful positions in the US government, and abandoning his country to the leadership of an unhinged and unqualified kleptocrat.
Trade tensions continue to
mount.
Tensions continued to
mount
through early 2014, raising concerns about an “accidental war” between China and Japan, which would demand the involvement of Japan’s main ally, the US (as President Barack Obama confirmed on a visit to Tokyo last April).
With emerging economies (including China) slowing, and with meaningful multilateral policy coordination remaining inadequate, protectionist pressures will
mount
as major trading powers compete for a stagnant pie.
A mixture of instability, government weakness, and ideology in countries such as Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Nigeria are providing fertile territory for terrorists to organize, train, and
mount
operations – much as they did in Afghanistan did a decade ago.
But as debts mount, and global interest rates rise, investors will become rightly nervous about the risk of debt restructuring.
Moreover, though it is hard to evaluate North Korean bluster on these occasions, there appears to be reason to be concerned that North Korean scientists have also made progress in miniaturizing their design, a step needed to
mount
a nuclear device on a missile.
After all, it took the United States 12 years to
mount
a weapon on a missile.
But reformists are likely to
mount
a rigorous challenge to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he seeks re-election in June 2009.
Unless Europe addresses flaws in growth patterns and pursues urgent reforms, the longer-term risks to its survival will almost certainly continue to
mount.
So why has the left been unable to
mount
a significant political challenge to globalization?
They should urge the Kosovo government to
mount
a credible investigation, for the sake of the victims and people in Kosovo who want their state to be ruled by law.
They also miss the opportunity to
mount
a more robust defense of trade when ethical concerns are less warranted.
If those creditor losses are large and spread so as to undermine the broader financial system, pressure for a government bailout will
mount.
After the government’s infusion of funds in September 2008, AIG’s losses continued to mount, so the government provided substantial amounts of additional capital two months later.
Moreover, there are measures that can also help citizens
mount
a defense of democracy against authoritarian assaults.
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