Sentence examples for worst standoff from inspiring English sources

The United Nations puts the overall death toll in the conflict, which has triggered the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War, at more than 4,300.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak left no doubt that Kiev was also no longer paying attention to Moscow's denials of providing the rebels with direct military support in the worst diplomatic standoff with the West since the Cold War.

With diplomacy at a standstill, Russia said the United States had spurned an invitation to hold new talks on resolving the crisis, the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War - though Washington later said a meeting of foreign ministers was possible this week, if Moscow shows it is ready to "engage".

Communist Cuba and the United States have begun to patch up their differences after an epic fifty-six-year standoff that, at its worst, threatened a nuclear war.

Now there is the worst of all possible worlds: a public standoff between permanent secretary and secretary of state.

The mayhem today made it the worst so far in the protracted political standoff that has turned increasingly menacing.

BANGKOK — A political standoff intensified Sunday after the worst civil violence in nearly 20 years, with protesters standing their ground on the streets of Bangkok and the government ignoring their demand to step down and call new elections.

Reno had authorised the use of teargas to end the standoff and later called the day the worst of her life.

United, a unit of the UAL Corporation, is having its worst summer in years, as stormy weather and a standoff with its pilots unions have caused thousands of cancellations that have strained other carriers as passengers seek alternate flights.

On Sunday, police and protesters started to pull back from their standoff on Kiev's Hrushevskoho Street, the site of the worst clashes in January.

On Sunday, police and protesters had started to pull back from their standoff on Kiev's Hrushevskoho Street, the site of the worst clashes in January.