Sentence examples for despite the standoff from inspiring English sources

Despite the standoff, the country's interim government pushed ahead with its roadmap for a post-Morsi political transition.

Despite the standoff, the Tsipras administration has pledged to present reform proposals to leglisators in Athens by Thursday in an attempt to facilitate talks.

Despite the standoff in Sirte, opposition forces are now in full control of the main coastal road south of the town.

Re "Popular Burmese Leader Tests Wills With Junta" (news article, Aug. 30): Despite the standoff between the Burmese pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the country's military authorities, your article suggests that there is little that the United States can do to pressure the regime because it has already banned new investment by American firms.

While this question seems obsolete in the context of the current EU Russian political impasse, it is, at the very least, odd that despite the standoff, plans for the South Stream pipeline have until recently proceeded almost apace.1 How has this been possible?

So far, despite mounting worries over the standoff in Washington, investors have not been turning away from Treasury debt altogether.

Despite the tough standoff, Mr. Akayev, an urbane 58-year-old physicist, still enjoys strong support in his native north and from the sizable Russian-speaking minority.

The Games opened with a spectacular ceremony and a full complement of 45 competing nations after Ukraine decided its athletes would remain in Sochi despite the ongoing standoff with Russia.

Away from politics we know about food and drink (there's a strong case to say Iranians make the best tea in the world and its cuisine is increasingly celebrated abroad) and the artists who have already found ways to influence the world despite the diplomatic standoff.

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.

Despite the acrimony and fan anger that accompanied the standoff, the league has avoided the backlash that followed the 1998-99 lockout.