The phrase "a standoff between two" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two parties are in a confrontation or impasse, often in a competitive or adversarial context.
Example: "The negotiations reached a tense moment, resulting in a standoff between two rival factions."
Alternatives: "a confrontation between two" or "an impasse involving two".
Gerhard Richter This autumn sees a standoff between two definitive painters of our time.
The controversy is a standoff between two men from two very different corners of this staggering city of 14 million people.
What had seemed a conventional political marriage during Giuliani's first two campaigns had become a standoff between two camps sharing the Gracie Mansion roof.
Thus, in contrast to what is sometimes assumed, we do not simply have a standoff between two rival legal systems when we discuss Islamic and British law.
The result is a standoff between two camps that regard the site as sacrosanct for very different reasons, and have spent years in a quiet tug of war between ancient traditions and modern regulations.
Rather this is a standoff between two millionaires who use their franchises as toys with the sports fans picking up the eventual tab in prices for tickets and goodies at the ballpark.
A STANDOFF between one of China's biggest newspapers, Southern Weekend, and the national government ended last week with compromises on both sides.
The last Pope to resign was Gregory XII, in 1415, and that was during a time of extreme turmoil — of Popes and anti-Popes — in which the Church was looking to break a standoff between three contenders to the throne of Saint Peter.
One evening I watched a standoff between four lions on one side of the water and four giraffes off in the bush weighing the risk-reward ratio of a drink.
Songhurst claims that he was unable to take orders from female colleagues, leading to a standoff between the two where he shouted and physically intimidated her.
A senior Indonesian adviser signalled on Monday that Jakarta and Canberra had been discussing a new deal after a standoff between the two countries at the weekend over an asylum seeker boat in Indonesian waters.
