Sentence examples for joined the standoff from inspiring English sources

Only about one-third of the rioters were involved initially, but by yesterday nearly all of the centre's population had joined the standoff.

In a five-hour standoff, Hamas militants joined the security forces, who exchanged fire with three men inside for less than a minute before the grenade blast and final gunshot were heard.

Mike Arnold, Ammon's lawyer, also joined the call, and Fiore said they would be "speeding" as fast as they could to get to the standoff.

LOS ANGELES – President Obama joined the chorus of critics who have been slamming his debate performance, acknowledging on Sunday night before a star-studded fund-raiser that he may have flubbed the face-to-face standoff with Mitt Romney last week.

Second, in this larger Europe, including the post-Communist countries soon to join the European Union, there was a standoff between two groups of European states that were roughly balanced in power.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 — Turkey on Thursday offered limited trade links to Cyprus, addressing the long standoff that has caused Turkey's talks on joining the European Union to stall.

The standoff unnerved some financial markets in Asia and complicated China's longstanding application to join the World Trade Organization.

Google on Wednesday became the latest major technology company to join a standoff with the FBI over encryption.

For Asean's leaders, the standoff at Ban Taling Chan typifies the challenges they face from those who see little to be gained from joining the rush to industrialize.

VICE News' Henry Langston joined On The Line to take your questions about the Oregon standoff between militias and the federal government.

He said the firm had since had conversations with players and agents about whether to try to join Tom Brady v. National Football League, the class-action antitrust lawsuit at the heart of the standoff that has shut down the league.