Sentence examples for peculiar standoff from inspiring English sources

I suspect that this peculiar standoff — of sporadic, bureaucratic twitchings to remind the world that Mr. Polanski was still a fugitive, but no serious attempts at arrest — would have continued had it not been for Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired".

Standoff ends.

Why peculiar?

No standoff.

With a standoff.

A standoff begins.

A political standoff erupted.

That standoff persists.

A standoff ensued.

A standoff in goal?

Terrifically peculiar).