standoff
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Sir Chris said he was "concerned at the prolonged standoff" which he said was "ultimately in nobody's interests".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Just last week, Joey Porter Jr. told reporters he “definitely” would play for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season despite a contract standoff and a lingering back issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
And so we have a bit of a standoff here.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
The standoff, he adds, could carry major political consequences in states like Maine and Michigan if it isn’t resolved soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The superpower conflict seemed to take a sudden, more ominous turn: a kind of calculated standoff, in which "winning" now depended on guessing correctly at the enemy's strength and intentions.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
US senators agreed unanimously Thursday to suspend their own pay during government shutdowns, in an effort to force Congress to share the financial pain after a series of funding standoffs that upended the federal government.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
At the same time, carriage negotiations with programmers are more fraught, often leading to standoffs where channels are pulled, disrupting service to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Harsh language has been replaced by calls for calm after weeks of standoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
That idea has long been used to describe evolutionary standoffs between species, such as hosts and the parasites or pathogens that attack them.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
Oleg Gordievsky's career as a double agent had landed him right in the middle of one of the most dangerous standoffs of the Cold War—and into scalding-hot water with the KGB.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
