Sentence examples similar to high stakes stand off from inspiring English sources
However, the issue in last July's high-stakes stand-off at the UN was not Iraq, but the role of the new International Criminal Court (ICC).
The damaged American plane made an emergency landing on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, where it and its crew of 24 have been held by China's military authorities, and have become the object of a tense, high-stakes stand-off.
Salvini, the leader of the far-right Lega party, has been locked in a high-stakes stand-off with the European Union and his country's own president over the fate of the migrants, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat on the Mediterranean last Wednesday.
Rep. Thomas J. Rooney (R-FL) said of the stand-off, "It's high stakes poker," as quoted in the Washington Post.
Not every high-stakes gamble paid off over the past 10 years.
We're going all in on a high stakes hand that may not pay off.
Getting off just became pretty high stakes.
High stakes entailed high risks.
