Sentence examples for put the standoff from inspiring English sources

Orange plastic ribbons have been tied around utility poles in a silent appeal to put the standoff behind.

But if the closure of the route of was inconvenient for the Americans, the standoff it caused put the Pakistanis in an even more desperate situation.

Not only would eliminating this policy put us in a much better position to resolve the standoff, it will put the onus on the Iranians to take the necessary steps to end their own restrictions on contact with the U.S.

ECUADOR'S decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks wanted in Sweden for questioning over claims of rape and sexual molestation, has put the country in a political standoff with Britain, where he is holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

Anita Isaacs, New York Times: Ecuador's decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks wanted in Sweden for questioning over claims of rape and sexual molestation, has put the country in a political standoff with Britain, where he is holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.

WASHINGTON -- Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the U.S. AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff over raising the nation's debt limit.

Earlier in the day, Fitch Ratings put the government's AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff.

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday put the government's AAA credit rating on watch for a potential downgrade because of the standoff.

After a standoff, he conceded that I should be allowed to put the post back up.

But now two things are putting that standoff under strain, exposing glimpses of the internal reckoning to come.

The end of the cold war had put an end to the standoff in Italian domestic politics between Communist and non-Communist parties.