Sentence examples for standoff escalates from inspiring English sources
A8 Andes Standoff Escalates The diplomatic standoff in the Andes escalated as Ecuador broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia, and Venezuela expelled Colombia's ambassador and other diplomats.
Over months, the standoff escalated.
The diplomatic standoff escalated when Macedonia named its main airport, outside the capital, Skopje, after the classical era hero, Alexander the Great.
For the U.S., the failure of seven years of sanctions to force Iranian capitulation has raised the prospect of the standoff escalating towards a potentially disastrous confrontation.
The standoff escalated over the past few days, while the country is waiting for Spain's constitutional court to rule on the legality of the referendum a decision that might not come before Sunday.
The standoff escalated over the past few days, while the country is waiting for Spain's constitutional court to rule on the legality of the referendum – a decision that might not come before Sunday.
When Ms. Huang, accompanied by factory guards, returned to confront the men, the standoff quickly escalated.
Once, when a group of people, coffees in hand, refused to move off his building's stoop, the ensuing standoff nearly escalated into a fistfight.
The deal, announced by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, ends a tense, two-month standoff that escalated this week with the threat of a possible nationalization of the plant.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday appeared to rule out sending Edward J. Snowden back to the United States to face espionage charges, leaving him in limbo even as Moscow and Washington seemed to be making an effort to prevent a cold-war-style standoff from escalating.
