Sentence examples for contentious standoff from inspiring English sources

After a year of strain between Brazil and the United States — mostly because of Mr. da Silva's efforts to wade into the contentious standoff between the West and Iran over its nuclear program by seeking to avoid further sanctions when the United States was pushing for them — Ms. Rousseff seems determined to patch up the relationship.

In 2007, a contentious standoff over how to solve a more than $1.5 billion deficit in the state budget dragged on for months, finally ending in the face of a government shutdown and with tax increases — deeply difficult, Ms. Granholm said, but unavoidable.

A less contentious standoff also occurred when settlers sent by William Penn sought to establish what is now Burlington, New Jersey.

With 54 delegates at stake and the emotional significance of battling in President Obama's home state, pundits and analysts predict the Illinois will host a more contentious standoff than in previous years.

The office was opened and remains open, despite the contentious standoff between the feds and protesters—separated only by police tape which was still ongoing as of Friday afternoon.

A contentious labor standoff nearly derailed training camp.

Here are five of the most contentious border standoffs on the planet.

It was the absence of rancor that seemed most notable — the first faint sign of hope in an often-contentious 10-week standoff.

LOMÉ, Togo (AP) — Anti-riot police officers on Monday sealed off the alleyways leading to the headquarters of Togo's largest opposition party, stranding the country's opposition leader outside for more than an hour in a tense standoff after a contentious election.

He reached a contentious cost-saving agreement with unions after a standoff that almost scuttled his budget, and he made an audacious $1.1 billion bet on building a world-class bioscience industry in a state that had no job growth for 22 years.

The court officials said the standoff with the Kremlin had turned so contentious that the court was seeking ways to adopt reforms without Russia's permission, which would be an unusual breach of diplomatic practice.