Sentence examples for created a standoff from inspiring English sources

That has created a standoff.

The session of the People's Consultative Assembly, the highest legislative body, created a standoff, with Mr. Wahid staying stubbornly in his palace, refusing to recognize the validity of the parliamentary action.

A man then began firing at officers from inside the house, creating a standoff.

But the detainees, though loyal to Mr. Arafat, refused to be sent to jail, creating a standoff, Palestinians said.

Instead of creating a standoff, the state entered a consent decree and re-examined its educational funding and policies.

ROME (AP) — About 150 Gypsies, whose camp had been dismantled, took refuge in one of this city's ancient basilicas, creating a standoff on Saturday with city officials.

A spontaneous blockade of a parking garage formed, creating a standoff between screaming Trump supporters in the multi-level lot and screaming protesters on the ground below.

A spontaneous blockade of a parking garage formed, creating a standoff between screaming Trump supporters in the multi-level garage and screaming protesters on the ground below.

The tribe said the state could not inspect or repair a bridge that carries the highway over a creek on the reservation without receiving tribal authorization, creating a standoff over who controls the land the highway was built on.

Her two-car convoy, in which she was accompanied by 14 supporters, was halted -- as similar forays have been in the past -- creating a standoff in the small town of Dala, just south of the capital, Yangon.

The city's plan could create a standoff with Joseph J. Sitt, a shopping center developer who said he had spent more than $120 million buying 10 acres in the heart of Coney Island's frayed amusement district.