Sentence examples for by standoff from inspiring English sources

Fox ended the night in third, dragged down by "Standoff" at 8 (4.9 million).

Humint (human intelligence, that is, spies) has been allowed to atrophy, much as high-risk missions by American servicemen and women are being taken over by standoff weapons and drones.

This security gap could be filled by standoff chemical sensors that detect IEDs based on external trace explosive residues.

A video was made immediately after the incident (by Standoff Films, who have documented incidents at Campsfield and Harmondsworth IRC before), collating the testimony of several eyewitnesses.

Others said the seven-hour session was marked by shouting matches as emotions ran hot, and by standoffs that seemed to leave a bad taste in some people's mouths.

These big battles are occasionally interrupted by standoffs in which Inspector Tequila is surrounded by a handful of mobsters and must dodge bullets (in slow motion, of course) while firing.

The relationship between Baghdad and Erbil's MoHs is characterized by standoffs rather than cooperation, with Baghdad attempting to curtail Kurdistan's autonomy by withholding or delaying funds, restricting drug supplies (many of which are either not required or near expiry, due to Iraq's inefficient federal drug clearing house) and entry of NGOs and other aid agencies [ 4, 16].

Its implicit commitments are suggested by the standoff with Sontag, and also by the fact — unacknowledged by Morris — that all of its central photographs are profoundly political.

The lingering specter of the long civil war is reinforced by a standoff between pro-government and opposition parties, and by continued fighting between the Lebanese Army and Islamists in the north.

Cablevision subscribers might be pleased by their rebates for Postseason.tv, but sports fans left in limbo by the standoff know there is no substitute for watching the game on television.

Peripheral social questions stirred by the standoff abound.