law of the jungle

Example Sentences

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She said the UK and its allies should collectively say "we cannot have breaches of international law like this. We cannot have the law of the jungle."

From BBC

President Xi gave a toast to say the world must "never return to the law of the jungle".

From BBC

"There is no place for this type of conduct, retribution or the law of the jungle."

From BBC

Do that, the Law of the Jungle takes over and good team beats bad team.

From Seattle Times

For now the Kraken remain six points ahead of a Predators squad that isn’t very good, sold off pieces at the trade deadline and has hung around the battle for a final Western Conference playoff spot by applying the aforementioned Law of the Jungle against teams even worse than they are.

From Seattle Times