Sentence examples for to avoid firefights from inspiring English sources

True, Germany does its bit for NATO and sent troops to Kosovo and Afghanistan; but those forces were mainly in a support role and tried to avoid firefights.

I gave it a quick run through earlier today, trying to get as much of the level on video as possible while attempting to avoid firefights — not an easy task.

To avoid a firefight, Mr. Gantamirov's men were allowed to pass through the checkpoints on the outskirts of Gudermes.

At the hospital, the trade is completed successfully, but Dawn demands Noah's return; Noah volunteers in order to avoid a firefight.

An American official briefed on the operation said the SEALs withdrew from the firefight to avoid civilian casualties.

Since the Dalai Lama's first statement, it became clear that Bin Laden did not die in a firefight to avoid capture, but was shot down unarmed.

Even so, the Russians have not been able to avoid a ground war, house-to-house firefights and heavy casualties.

But in a campaign such as this; where the threat that can come from any direction, where the enemy often engages us at close range (often using the civilian population as cover), and where widespread uncertainty and tremendous stress accompany any major firefight, such incidents are almost impossible to avoid entirely.

She struck a far less bellicose tone in her prolonged discussions with the Oregon militia on Wednesday, pleading with them to avoid any confrontation with the FBI that could result in a firefight.

In the run-up to the caucuses, Dean and Gephardt, the one-time front-runners, brutally attacked each other with campaign advertisements, leaving Kerry and Edwards to benefit by avoiding the firefight and slipping past them in the end.

Rebels around the globe regularly invite journalists to firefights and transmit videotaped manifestos to television stations.