Sentence examples for direct face-off from inspiring English sources

And, needless to say, it would mean a direct face-off with Putin.

Twitter and Facebook networks are alive with conspiracy theorists speculating whether this is the army looking for excuses to delay the elections, or just clumsy crowd control by heavy-handed officers, but it marks a more direct face-off between army and demonstrators than we have seen for several months.

The order was obtained by the US Department of Justice during an investigation over the summer involving guns and drugs, according to a report in the New York Times, and represents the first known direct face-off between the government and Apple over encryption.

If the confrontation reaches a critical phase, the peninsula can expect to face another crisis as the US's intercepting of the North's missiles would mean a direct military face-off between the two countries.

Mr. Hewitt produced and directed the face-off, in Chicago, for the three major networks.

Nicklas Backstrom won the ensuing face-off, directing the puck to Ovechkin, whose drive beat Lundqvist cleanly.

While the Flames waited for the face-off, they directed a certain amount of lip at him, like birds in a tree chattering at a passing cat.

Afterwards, reigning world champion Kenny, who finished fifth without a single face-off against Hoy here, was characteristically direct about his chances.

When the linesman dropped the puck for the face-off to the right of Howard, Fiddler swatted it, directing it over Howard's shoulder.

The face-off had been built up in German media as a climactic rhetorical duel, the only direct confrontation between Mr. Kohl and Mr. Schroder before the elections on Sept. 27.

Catalonia is currently under direct control of Madrid and will hold new regional elections on December 21 where secession and pro-union parties will face-off for a majority.