Sentence examples for every standoff from inspiring English sources

Some islanders even groused that the only invaders they had seen were the hordes of South Korean reporters and television crew members, who descend on them during every standoff with the North.

A realistic picture of the deer in Richmond Park, complete with the paparazzi they have to contend with every autumn (Standoff with stag, 13 October).

No, the core of this movie is a standoff every bit as keyed up, and as gripping, as anything on the muffled streets of Berlin.

"Every day this standoff goes on, more seeds of doubt are sown — not just among American companies, but among investors around the world," he says in the speech.

New hardships caused by the shutdown seem to emerge every day as the standoff between President Obama and Congressional Republicans entered its second week.

It seemed like a standoff happened every 15 minutes; meanwhile, two kids (one 12, one 14) were killed in drive-bys on Saturday night.

He passed the phone to Bundy, who was standing in the doorway of a museum they'd commandeered as a meeting place, bearded and wearing the same flannel jacket and brown cowboy hat he wore every day of the standoff.

The Council normally extends the mission every six months, but the standoff prevented a six-month extension.

One that turns every conflict into a Mexican standoff, where our sense of security is defined by the size of our gun rack?

Alcatel-Lucent wasn't stricken by Franco-American rivalry except perhaps at the board level, where six Lucent- and six Alcatel-appointed board members reduced every decision to a flag-waving standoff.

It has been the scene of violent standoffs every summer when the black-suited "brethren" in their bowler hats and orange sashes have tried to take their parade commemorating centuries-old Protestant triumphs from Drumcree Church along a road that wends through Catholic neighborhoods.