Sentence examples for settle the standoff from inspiring English sources
The moves came after negotiations to settle the standoff collapsed in acrimony over the weekend.
She believed the army would settle the standoff with President Hosni Mubarak by Friday at the latest to end his 30-year hold on power.
Negotiations to settle a standoff between occupation forces and representatives of a Shiite cleric in the southern city of Najaf have stalled, negotiators and a spokesman for the cleric said on Saturday.
Divorce lawyers like me try to smooth things over without filing "emergency" motions asking judges to settle bitter standoffs between couples that are completely at odds over who has the kids on Christmas Day and just won't budge.
But he has also said the Mets do not have unlimited funds, something most fans have long suspected even after the team's owners settled their legal standoff with the trustee representing the victims of the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme.
In July, China and Google settled a standoff over access to information.
The only reason grizzly bears still exist in any numbers in the lower 48 states is that people decided not to see the man-bear battle through to the finish, and settled for a standoff in certain remote places.
The standoff was settled only when the Australian prime minister, Joseph Lyons, met with members of the Australian Board and outlined to them the severe economic hardships that could be caused in Australia if the British public boycotted Australian trade.
Early rebel victories settled into a standoff, but the freezing of Libyan assets, continued NATO assaults and mounting defections took an increasing toll.
Until the standoff in the gulf is settled, UBS prefers to limit its exposure to Israeli stocks, which fell 0.4percentt last week, after the election that kept Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Likud Party in power.
