The phrase "about a standoff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where two parties are in a deadlock or confrontation, often without resolution.
Example: "The negotiations ended with both sides remaining about a standoff, unable to reach an agreement."
Alternatives: "in a deadlock" or "at an impasse."
In October, Dye heard about a standoff between Davis and junior partners who were demanding to know when they'd be paid their profit payouts.
"Cocked and Locked," about a standoff between an Arab and an Israeli soldier, flirts with insight before deteriorating into weird revenge fantasy.
An article on Saturday about a standoff between the Algerian government and Islamist militant kidnappers who were holding hostages at a Saharan gas field complex referred imprecisely to the crime committed by Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman imprisoned in the United States whom the kidnappers reportedly wanted freed in a proposed prisoner exchange.
He surrendered about 7 30 p.m., ending a standoff that began more than five hours before.
He still loves a good niggle though, tracking Danny to his house to have a standoff about the wider implications of the cover-up.
The big meeting of Dany and Jon — secret aunt and nephew, if only they knew — quickly devolves into a standoff about bending the knee, and whose house once pledged fealty forever, and whose family did what to whom.
By Sarah Larson July 31 ,2017 The big meeting of Dany and Jon quickly devolves into a standoff about bending the knee, and whose house once pledged fealty forever, and whose family did what to whom.
Russia has sought for years to bring about a political solution to the standoff between Iraq and the United States, mostly with proposals under which weapons inspectors might return to Iraq after a four-year absence.
An article on Thursday about a naval standoff between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea described incorrectly the location of the Philippine island of Luzon and Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by both countries and is near where Philippine surveillance aircraft spotted eight Chinese fishing boats on Sunday, leading to the standoff.
In the feature film category, nominations went to "The Act of Killing," about Indonesian genocide; "Blackfish," about orca whales in captivity; "Let the Fire Burn," about a 1985 standoff between police and activists in Philadelphia; and "The Square," about Egyptians struggling for social change.
It was a curious thing to say, since the libretto of "Bel Canto" — an adaptation, by Nilo Cruz, of Ann Patchett's 2001 novel about a hostage standoff — is not only in English but also in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Quechua.
