was fraying
Their party was fraying at the edges. | Su partido se estaba deshilachando. |
But the U.S. grip on the region was fraying and Saddam Hussein had gotten in their way, so he had to go. | Pero el control estadounidense sobre la región se debilitaba y Saddam Hussein ahora era un estorbo, así que había que botarlo. |
Not to be overlooked, indications that the global cooperation that characterized the response to the onset of the crisis was fraying seriously would aggravate these downside risks. | Y no se deben pasar por alto los indicios de que el debilitamiento de la cooperación mundial que caracterizó la respuesta ante la crisis agravaría estos riesgos. |
Germany, seeing the way the EU was fraying in the East, favoured broad membership so that its neighbours could feel part of the community, latterly renamed union. | Alemania, que mira cómo se está descomponiendo la UE en su Este, impulsaba una membrecía amplia para que sus vecinos se sintieran parte de la comunidad, ahora llamada unión. |
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