Sentence examples for game of brinkmanship from inspiring English sources

Draghi is involved in a game of brinkmanship.

"There is a game of brinkmanship going on and he has boldly upped the ante.

Greece's game of brinkmanship may well bring the I.M.F. to its doorstep.

An optimistic view would be that Iran is playing a familiar game of brinkmanship.

Probably not, but a delicate game of brinkmanship has certainly begun.

Newcastle United appear to be engaged in a game of brinkmanship with Lyon over Bafétimbi Gomis.

In the person's view, the White House is also engaging in a game of brinkmanship.

"Right now, it's a game of brinkmanship, who's going to blink first".

With just a week until the The Transfer Window™ slams shut©, the clever businessmen who've indulged in summer-long games of brinkmanship suddenly have to achieve things.

It was a grin-and-bear-it compromise, though many Republicans allowed themselves slight smiles for winning as much as they did through games of brinkmanship with the Democrat-controlled White House and Senate.

That is a long time to wait, and a long time to endure the games of brinkmanship and wheeler-dealing that have been played since the Shinnecocks first caught the casino bug several years ago.