Sentence examples for the latest standoff from inspiring English sources

The announcement was another twist in the latest standoff between Catholics and the government that began on July 7th.

What might President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, the most vocal participants in the latest standoff, learn?

Now that the latest standoff between the US treasury and Congress is over, it may be helpful to put it in some historical perspective.

Two companies of Pakistani infantry -- about 200 to 250 soldiers -- arrived in the border area on Sunday and early today, military officials said, joining several thousand Pakistani troops that remained in the region even during the latest standoff with India.

Inside the negotiations, the latest standoff concerns the question of national security and what information will be withheld from families seeking answers to questions that date back to the earliest days of the Troubles.

Birds Eye fish fingers and Walkers crisps are asking supermarkets for price rises of up to 12%, in the latest standoff between household brands and retailers over the dramatic fall in the value of the pound.

The United States has been urging Japan and South Korea to pick up more of the burden of defending against China and North Korea, but the countries' latest standoff over islets that sit between them, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in Korean, contributed to South Korea's decision to back out of an agreement to share military intelligence with Japan.

Palestinian mediators are trying to resolve Mr. Abbas's latest standoff over the extent of his authority with Yasir Arafat, the pre-eminent Palestinian leader.

WASHINGTON — The ghosts of shutdowns past are lurking in the halls of the Capitol, influencing Congressional leaders as they look for a way out of the latest budget standoff and wonder who will take the fall.

It's not clear how the latest unemployment standoff will end.

The Beltway sages had weightier matters to discuss, such as the Gingrich ascendancy and the latest Congressional standoff.