Sentence examples for trigger a confrontation from inspiring English sources

The vote marks a change in strategy for House Republicans who run the chamber and who remain adamant about reducing government spending but decided not to use the debt limit to trigger a confrontation with President Barack Obama.

Can the Chinese walk a tight rope on formal neutrality as not to trigger a confrontation with the West?

And Bolton has consistently advocated bombing Iran ― and even pressed United Nations Ambassador Nicki Haley to trigger a confrontation in order to kill the Iran nuclear deal.

There are very few Court cases dealing with Executive Privilege, because Congress has usually not elected to trigger a confrontation, and the Executive has often negotiated terms of compliance "voluntarily" so that the actions could not be treated as precedent defining the limits of the Privilege in subsequent cases.

Eisenhower handled both crises deftly, forcing the invaders to withdraw from Egypt and preventing events in Hungary from triggering a confrontation between the superpowers.

While putting the brakes on Iran's nuclear programme is better than allowing it to accelerate or triggering a confrontation, Tehran is far too close to a critical breakout capacity for this to be an acceptable situation in the long term.

Sisi toppled Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July after mass protests against what critics called his mismanagement and increasingly arbitrary rule, triggering a confrontation with the veteran Islamist movement that has hit investment hard.

But it's clearly time to find ways to calm the crisis; there is no way to ensure that Mr. Kim, in particular, won't miscalculate and trigger a serious confrontation.

Economists surveyed by CNNMoney say the economy can handle the current high oil prices of around $100 a barrel, but that a further spike in oil prices triggered by a confrontation with Iran could be one of the biggest threats to the economy.

On the other hand, Hitler was concerned not to trigger an outright confrontation with the church.

Even if the guard had refused, I am positive that his refusal would not have triggered a physical confrontation of the sort you imagined".