Sentence examples similar to face standoff from inspiring English sources

"Events culminate in a violent face-to-face standoff with absolute evil… only to find that they have traveled down a rabbit hole and through a looking glass.

On June 11th in Tuscaloosa, Wallace, in a face-to-face standoff with Katzenbach, representing the Justice Department, barred the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, to the University of Alabama.

LOS ANGELES – President Obama joined the chorus of critics who have been slamming his debate performance, acknowledging on Sunday night before a star-studded fund-raiser that he may have flubbed the face-to-face standoff with Mitt Romney last week.

It also said he was "facing a standoff with MPs".

He also faces a standoff in Parliament, where the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party has moved to block almost every policy move.

If the results are confirmed, Egypt faces a standoff between the Brotherhood and the ruling military junta, which has been making an 11th-hour bid to seize back constitutional powers.

2. A stone cold poker face during standoffs, bluffs and negotiations is a parent's specialty.

In the face of this standoff, one of the Puerto Rico's top officials accused the protesters today of acting irresponsibly.

We seemingly face an intractable standoff on fiscal matters.

Skype also faces a potential standoff with the F.B.I.

With no sign of a compromise on the horizon, political leaders in Washington facing their own standoff and looming deadline may want to ponder Minnesota.