Sentence examples for hostile standoff from inspiring English sources

SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — A year after its war with Georgia, Russia is engaging in an increasingly hostile standoff with another pro-Western neighbor, Ukraine.

Obama's visit was the culmination of fifteen months of diplomatic engagement, which began when the U.S. and Cuba restored relations, on December 17 , 2014 bringing an end to the United States' longest-lasting hostile standoff with another nation: fifty-six years of bad blood and broken ties.

Concern that a disaffected Arab League could decide on a hard-line rejection of all dealings with Israel, bringing the region back to the hostile standoff that existed until the last few years, may lead to a new round of regional consultations.

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Remember that you're seeking a solution, not a hostile standoff.

In the meantime, conflicts and hostile standoffs are on the rise.

On first dates, or in truly hostile standoffs, the person who holds his or her ground despite a blush exhibits a kind of emotional courage without speaking a word or making a move.

Azerbaijan is bordered by Iran and remains in a hostile, military standoff over its former territory seized and occupied by neighboring Armenia over two decades ago.

The party is strongly opposed to any concessions to the Palestinians, and it defines the conflict in the Middle East not just as war for the land, but as a standoff between nations that are hostile to each other in religious terms, views on the world, language and people's aspirations.

In the last few decades, the debate about religion in public life has been unable to move beyond a divisive standoff between religious conservatives and liberal secularists who are overwhelmingly hostile to public displays of religiosity.