Sentence examples for holds confrontations from inspiring English sources

Although the northern ceasefire generally holds, confrontations between government forces and southern separatists have grown increasingly violent.

Where an important conversation could be held, confrontation prevails.

In this fairly short span, he managed to provoke two major international crises; survive a coup (a second toppled him); order two disastrous economic overhauls; and hold erratic confrontations with nearly everyone in sight — with the Chinese leadership, with Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, with the neo-Stalinists in his Presidium and the Russian intellectuals in his midst.

The Caucasus holds risks of confrontation that could affect American and European interests, and it requires regular and high-level attention.

"The confrontation with the opposition holds them together".

Negotiation has more potential than pressure alone, and holds less danger than military confrontation.

In Crawford v. Washington (2004), the Supreme Court held that the Confrontation Clause bars the "admission of testimonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial" unless pursuant to one of the "exceptions established at the time of the founding".

Ukrainian and Russian troops have held back from violent confrontations, with Kiev anxious to avoid giving Moscow a reason for overrunning its bases in Crimea.

When I have held jobs, I faced confrontations like a restaurant manager telling me she was cutting back my shifts because "you can't keep up with the other waitstaff".

Unable to elude his black stalker and, perhaps, feeling cornered, he finally holds his ground — only to be shot at point-blank range after a confrontation.

In a heavily tribal culture, residents avoid confrontations that might ignite an endless cycle of revenge killings, which is one reason the wary truce largely holds, experts said.