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Academy Award Slap and a Twitter Poison Pill

Down to Business English

CHAPTER

Making Waves in Business

When someone makes waves, they are causing some kind of trouble or controversy. Can you give us an example using making waves in a business context? U, let me think about oh ok marine la pan, the far right politician who made waves in the recent french presidential election. I thought maron defeated her quite soundly. So how did she make waves? By taking her party from the fringes to become a serious contender. She only lost 17 % of the vote, which is much better than the 32 point loss she had to maron five years ago. And that is what is making waves in political centres around Europe and the world.

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