Sentence examples similar to faced a standoff from inspiring English sources

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.

Although the protests did not topple the government in the US-allied country as they did in neighboring Arab nations, the political leadership and opposition have faced a tense standoff ever since.

A lack of information on the motivation behind the attack makes it difficult to establish how Omar Ahmed Abdullah Ali would have reacted if faced with a standoff.

I just faced such a standoff with the built-in shelving unit in my great room.

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

It sees Jeremy Corbyn – now Prime Minister – facing a nuclear standoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin, set to a backdrop of a motorbike ride taken by Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott that supposedly really happened in East Germany in the 1970s.

We seemingly face an intractable standoff on fiscal matters.

After a standoff, Baker surrendered to police and faced a charge of second-degree murder.

The district has faced a dramatic series of financial crises over the last decade, resulting in a school system defined by underfunding, political fights and standoffs each fall.