Sentence examples for standoff among from inspiring English sources

Today, decades later, the standoff among the various factions still, to some extent, holds.

The standoff among the Nigerian government, the labor unions and the street continued Sunday, with vows of more strikes and protests on Monday unless the government backs down and brings back cheaper gasoline.

The Oregon occupation is over, but standoffs among nearby residents continue.

They now must find a way to end their own standoffs among themselves, here in the desolation of Oregon's high desert.

The United Nations is also involved in trying to defuse a renewed crisis in Burundi and end a standoff between Eritrea and Ethiopia, among other crises.

And so, with the national spotlight soon to descend on Indianapolis for the Super Bowl and with the tense standoff only rising among lawmakers and protesters, Indiana finds itself at the center of a fight over the role of unions and their power, not unlike the issues that boiled over last year in Ohio and Wisconsin.

A similar standoff is setting in among politicians.

Despite a celebratory mood among the demonstrators, the standoff prompted the United States Embassy to urge Americans in Yemen to stay indoors on Monday night because of "political instability and uncertainty".

It was here that a group of Indian activists aired their grievances against the government with a forceful takeover in 1973 that resulted in protests, a bloody standoff with federal agents and deep divisions among the Indian people.

An edited compilation of clips posted online by Mosireen, a citizen journalism group in Cairo, appears to show that there were divisions among the protesters as the standoff with the security forces escalated, with some activists chanting "Peaceful!

A solution to the Palestinian Problem will not end militant incursions into "Indian Occupied" Kashmir, bombing in Mumbai or in Bali, unrest among the Uighurs, or the standoff in Darfur (C).