Sentence examples for Mexican standoff from inspiring English sources

Mexican standoff Established in 1925, Modelo is Mexico's biggest brewer.

In other words, the White House, Capitol and Federal Reserve Bank have all been sidelined by each other – I'd call it a "Mexican Standoff" but that would be an insult to the Mexicans, whose own economy is robust enough to have stalled the influx of their skilled labor into our beleaguered workforce for the first time in, well, forever.

He described the prior confrontation as a "Mexican standoff".

Matters now seem to have reached a Mexican standoff.

"That's one off the bucket list: a Mexican standoff with actual Mexicans".

On the other side of the room, the conflict between Hamas and Israel, represented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, continues in the endless Mexican standoff.

Maeve knows the outcome of this debate; they all shoot each other Mexican standoff-style.

After weeks of hostage situations and Mexican standoffs, Scandal returned to its high-profile fixer status.

A7 Mexican Airport Standoff An armed standoff between the Mexican government and farmers determined not to lose their land to the construction of a new airport on the northeast side of Mexico City seemed headed toward a fragile settlement.

Later in the month, there's a Mexican-Balkans brass standoff at the Barbican, the returns of flamenco singer Buika and Fado star Ana Moura, Latin psychedelia from Bogota with the Meridian Brothers, and hip-hop from Mala Rodriguez in a rare UK appearance.

He was last seen by the authorities in November 1999, when he confronted and nearly killed two agents, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, during an armed standoff in the Mexican border town of Matamoros, south of Brownsville, Tex.