Sentence examples for a stand-off about from inspiring English sources

Uncertainty still surrounds that consultation – not referendum, as that's not allowed by the Spanish constitution – as the Catalan and Spanish governments are in a stand-off about its celebration.

Security forces and Taliban have been involved in a stand-off for about a week after the insurgents launched an offensive on Kunduz at the end of April.

In 2009 he spent hours meeting with Karzai to resolve a similar stand-off about fraud.

After setting her up to wear Dahlia's earrings, the two have a tense stand-off about the matter during which Opal reveals that Dahlia committed suicide -- something that Marisol was not aware of.

Careful analysis shows that the fighting to date is about a "stand-off".

The provisional approval is likely to bring an end to a stand-off between Lufthansa and a regulator worried about the impact on competition of the consolidation in European aviation brought about by the economic downturn.

A stand-off is still taking place between about two dozen demonstrators and the police, with 32 people having been arrested so far.

There was a stand-off.

Since then, a stand-off has persisted.

But it was a stand-off.

Moat later shot himself dead after a stand-off.