Sentence examples for standoff acknowledged from inspiring English sources

Danny Coulson, the deputy assistant director of the F.B.I. at the time of the standoff, acknowledged that the field test could further inflame speculation by conspiracy theorists and others critical of the government.

The last-minute cancellation, confirmed by Japanese officials on Wednesday, came as a Japanese news agency reported that Tokyo may try to defuse the standoff by officially acknowledging for the first time that China also claims the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in China.

Monreal acknowledged that the standoff with Trump contributed to López Obrador's new appeal.

At the hearing, Mr. Gonzales faced harsh questioning about why he had not previously acknowledged the 2004 standoff.

And while Republicans ultimately succeeded in killing the measure, lawmakers in both parties acknowledged that the emotional standoff over the issue could help shape the presidential campaign in this battleground state.

There have been evident changes in the standoff over Syria in recent weeks, as Russia acknowledged that government forces were losing territory and distanced itself from Mr. Assad.

Eritrea and the United States are in a kind of standoff: a Western diplomat whom I spoke to acknowledged that Ethiopia is behaving thuggishly, but thought that the onus is on Eritrea to allow the monitoring group to inspect again.

But earlier this week, the studio acknowledged that it was in a standoff with the "Simpsons" voice actors, including Dan Castellaneta (who plays Homer Simpson), Julie Kavner (Marge) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart), who each now earn about $8 million a year for their work on the show, and whose salaries the studio was looking to cut by 45 percent.

On Monday afternoon, Kenyan security officials acknowledged that the effort to end the standoff had taken longer than expected, though they offered a different account of their setbacks, saying that about 10 Kenyan soldiers had been injured but none killed.

"If that's not going to work," he said, "you have to put everything you can on the table and say, 'How do we maximize the assets we've got?"' Mr. Bronner acknowledged that there appeared to be a standoff.

MANILA — In the face of growing Chinese anger, Philippine officials acknowledged failings in how the police handled a 12-hour hostage standoff on a tourist bus, which unfolded on live television and ended with the deaths of eight passengers from Hong Kong and the armed captor, a former police officer.