Sentence examples for any standoff from inspiring English sources

Any standoff would probably not last, given the political costs of stalemate.

No one quite dares to hope that a credible peace process may soon be under way, having become so used to US presidents blinking first in any standoff with the Israeli government.

No matter how much you destroy or how intimidating you appear, the police state and the military-industrial complex will always have more armor, more guns, more tear gas and pepper spray than you can take, and in any standoff, they will beat you 100percentt of the time.

Besides, this is all assuming we'd win any such standoff in the first place.

"Chinese needs peace and stability, and we do not want to have any military standoff or conflicts with the US.

Just as important, any military standoff would only make the Pakistani Army more influential in Islamabad — precisely what India least desires.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on Friday rejected any concession in a standoff with China over a group of islands claimed by both countries, declining to even acknowledge that the islands are disputed.

NAIROBI, Kenya — American warships on Monday surrounded an arms-laden freighter hijacked by pirates, sealing off any possible escape in a standoff near the craggy Somalia coastline.

In any case, cinema – caught in a standoff between old Europe and its modern, multicultural face – is shying away from the subject.

Since they have the power to disrupt any modification, the result so far has been a standoff.

They escaped Sunday relatively unscathed, but that doesn't make this standoff any less irritating.