Sentence examples for accidental confrontation from inspiring English sources

Concerns have grown of an accidental confrontation that could escalate.

Yet it is more likely that this is an accidental confrontation that got out of hand.

The build-up could raise the risks of an accidental confrontation, although Adm. Greenert says he is determined that it won't.

"I think President Obama understands the reset is mainly a way to avoid unnecessary or accidental confrontation," he said, referring to the so-called reset in American-Russian relations.

Perhaps the biggest risk is of an accidental confrontation caused by miscalculation or unauthorised bravado.The stakes are all the higher since, though America takes no position on the islands' sovereignty, it regards them as covered by its security treaty with Japan.

The idea that was floated a few weeks ago by Adm. Mike Mullen, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a way of avoiding an accidental confrontation in the Persian Gulf, where American and Iranian naval vessels and aircraft sometimes operate within sight of each other.

While Russian and American defense officials have met to discuss ways to avoid accidental confrontations in an increasingly crowded Syrian airspace, it is unlikely the Russians will heed the targeting advice. .

He is also talking about confidence-building measures — a hot line is one idea — that would reduce the chance of an accidental military confrontation.

Mr. Ma said at a news conference on Sunday morning that while economic relations with the mainland were his immediate priority, he wanted to negotiate military confidence-building measures with the mainland to reduce the possibility of an accidental military confrontation.

Another was that both sides agreed to find common confidence-building and other measures to help avoid misunderstandings or accidental military confrontations on or above the East China Sea and South China Sea, where the United States shadows China's increasingly assertive military presence.But the biggest surprise was the agreement on greenhouse gases.

Less predictable is what a not-so-accidental encounter would mean for Iran's confrontation with the United States and other Western countries over the Iranian nuclear program.