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standoff

noun as in draw, tie

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Video released by Long Beach police on Saturday shows portions of a standoff outside a neighborhood church that led to officers shooting a man whose family said he was suffering a mental health crisis.

No. The Las Vegas standoff is not tied to strikes at Los Angeles hotels that began last year and stretched into this year.

AI is the biggest issue in the ongoing standoff between video game companies and performers covered by SAG-AFTRA, who’ve been on strike since July.

He added the town's response to the standoff had been mixed.

From BBC

Sarah Binder, a political scientist at the Brookings Institution, told Sargent that the Senate could push back and quickly call itself back into session and force a standoff with the new administration.

From Salon

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