Sentence examples for armed encounters from inspiring English sources

Portuguese vigour had somewhat declined, and the Dutch were victorious in most armed encounters.

There were plane hijackings, which sometimes led to the release of captured terrorist leaders; armed encounters in the mountains and villages; and car bombs and grenade attacks in the cities.

Alternatively, most real life threat armed encounters occur at less than 21 feet (6.4 m), and the accepted hit rate in the shooting community is < 20%.

Alerted by Revere, American militia members confronted the British at the battles of Lexington and Concord, the first armed encounters of the Revolutionary War.

Sight Shooting has been taught for over 100 years, yet there are no pics or videos of it ever having been used effectively in a close quarters armed encounter.

Fine manipulation with an industrial arm encounters many well known difficulties.

The 58-foot arm encountered some start-up problems that kept the crew in orbit an extra month.

Rigid spacing units between each loaded amino acid minimize the likelihood of the catalytic arm encountering an out of sequence amino acid.

As the Americans fan out, they will increasingly encounter armed resistance.

Although the Army lends support when the police encounter armed resistance, the soldiers then retreat to a base outside Pashmul.

Charlotte police say Keith Scott was armed when they encountered him while trying to execute a warrant on somebody else.