Sentence examples similar to stand off occurred from inspiring English sources

On 12 October, a tense stand-off occurred in the capital Freetown when a vehicle convoy belonging to Mr Bio refused to give way to President Koroma's motorcade.

In 1985 a stand-off occurred at the group's new headquarters in Southwest Philadelphia, whose residents were believed to be armed resisters.

Position: Stand off.

He successfully stood off the Communist influence in France.

Larry David's chair stood off to the side.

"We stood off them and I was really disappointed.

You can't stand off him.

Suspect stand off in car.

Stand off center.

Stand off to the side somewhere.

The stand-off that occurred between the White House and congressional Republicans in July 2011 over raising the debt ceiling was a political calamity and near-financial fiasco.