Sentence examples for standoff without from inspiring English sources

Lieutenant Majaydah expressed great anger at some Hamas leaders, but he said he was in negotiations with them and hoped to resolve the standoff without more bloodshed.

The storming came a day after army leaders held talks with the officers in an effort to resolve the standoff without resorting to force, despite earlier government vows to crush any rebellion.

One wing to watch is a strain of tolerant thinking coming out of the South, where Guangdong party chief Wang Yang recently succeeded in resolving a village standoff without bloodshed and now proposes that as a template for other crises.

Leaders of Guangdong Province, where the village is, finally sent a senior official to promise an inquiry into the residents' grievances, ending the standoff without bloodshed — and seemingly certifying the villagers as victorious over city hall.

It would seem to be a standoff without much of a gap, certainly not one yawning enough that a few phone calls and calm conversations could not bridge it.

Eventually, Boehner may have to cut a deal with moderate Republicans and Democrats that would end the standoff without scrapping Obamacare, but for now the conservative grassroots could not be happier.

A flurry of new proposals, hastily offered press releases, and emotional caucus meetings on Tuesday had folks on Capitol Hill legitimately worried that they will burn through Congress's traditional Christmas deadline for resolving legislative standoffs without reaching an agreement.

Some officials and residents in Kirkuk said the standoff, which ended without bloodshed, demonstrated the need for a continuing American presence in the region.

"The standoff has ended without resolving the dispute over the Doklam plateau," says Brahma Chellaney, strategic studies professor at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi.

"After a brief standoff, he surrendered without further incident to the Santa Ana police," Costa Mesa police said in a news release.

CNN has been covering the apparent Dorner standoff for several hours without interruption.