Sentence examples for ultimate standoff from inspiring English sources

Dominique de Villepin, the former French prime minister, moved closer to the ultimate standoff with his arch-enemy Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday as he presented a programme for running for president next year.

For the man nicknamed the 'keeper of the cloth cap' it was the ultimate test: surely, if anyone could defuse the standoff, it should be him.

Here, we investigate the usefulness of Drosophila ORs as sensors for materials that pose risks to security with the ultimate goal of incorporating them in an automated standoff detection device.

Standoff ends.

No standoff.

With a standoff.

A standoff begins.

A political standoff erupted.

That standoff persists.

A standoff ensued.

A standoff in goal?