standoff
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Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant said he was "concerned at the prolonged standoff" which he said was "ultimately in nobody's interests".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Soon, the police were there in force, but the dedication of the outraged, chanting crowd demanding the men’s release ensured this would be no ordinary standoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Well, that standoff was nothing compared with what might be coming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
And so we have a bit of a standoff here.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 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
After two hours of sporadic clashes and standoffs, Congress Square was cleared by the police although a handful of people remained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Because of their structure, these tetrapod-shaped particles have standoffs and form porous networks instead of collapsing into clumps," said Addae.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Such standoffs could become a major impediment to progress at Penn Station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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
In Oklahoma they call these Mexican standoffs, where everybody has a gun on everybody else.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
