Dempsey
Jack William Harrison Dempsey, 1895–1983, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1919–26.
Words Nearby Dempsey
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Dempsey in a sentence
Dempsey, meanwhile, would put money toward limiting the government policies that enable extractive industries, such as oil and gas, to become powerful.
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos are throwing money at biodiversity. Will it work? | Benji Jones | September 23, 2021 | VoxProtected and conserved areas don’t, for example, address the issue of tax evasion, which limits the money that governments can spend on public conservation, Dempsey said.
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos are throwing money at biodiversity. Will it work? | Benji Jones | September 23, 2021 | VoxThe bulk of recent pledges tend to favor somewhat traditional models of conservation, Dempsey said, such as building networks of protected areas or planting trees, which we’ve been doing for decades.
Billionaires like Jeff Bezos are throwing money at biodiversity. Will it work? | Benji Jones | September 23, 2021 | VoxDempsey had resigned a year earlier as president pro tem of the Missouri Senate, and County Council members knew him well.
State-Supported “Clean Energy” Loans Are Putting Borrowers At Risk of Losing Their Homes | by Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne | April 23, 2021 | ProPublicaWhen I was on the phone with Dempsey, the president called him.
And yet Dempsey and others have repeatedly said ISIS cannot be defeated militarily.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDempsey has twice made public statements that seemed to reveal his dissatisfaction with the White House policy.
Military Hates White House ‘Micromanagement’ of ISIS War | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHad they overrun the Iraqi unit,” Dempsey said, “it was a straight shot to the airport.
Iraqis Swear: Baghdad Airport is Safe From ISIS | Susannah George | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSen. John McCain asked Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey last week during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
Obama Taps Star General to Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS | Josh Rogin, Eli Lake | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Tuesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he may recommend ground forces in the future.
Can Obama Keep His Generals in Check in the War Against ISIS? | Eli Lake, Josh Rogin | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have it on good authority that he put Mr. Dempsey to sleep one evening about fifteen years ago in an amateur boxing meet.
"Your mother'll have to wait, but you kin have your wish," said Dempsey gleefully.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. CobbIf the other had overheard what just had passed between Ginsburg and Dempsey he gave no sign.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb"I rather think not," said the Knight, who was by no means sorry to turn Mr. Dempsey from cross-examination into mere narrative.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverMr. Dempsey came up at this moment with a lady leaning on each of his arms.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for Dempsey
/ (ˈdɛmpsɪ) /
Jack. real name William Harrison Dempsey. 1895–1983, US boxer; world heavyweight champion (1919–26)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse