Mexican standoff
Example Sentences
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It’s an unprecedented state of diffuse inconclusiveness, a Mexican standoff of guns that cannot be loaded, and a battle between empty boats floating past each other in an endless, aimlessly circulating gray sea.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2022
The movie’s admirers have been in a kind of Mexican standoff with this objection ever since it has been aired on social media, although I accept the good faith in which McDonagh created this character.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2018
It was a highly enjoyable experience, one that felt unashamedly cult-ish and satisfying—collective cheers and audible gasps were shared during the incredible Mexican standoff that ended the episode.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2013
So when I look back over the long stretch of the intervening decades, I now see those two movies as representing dueling meta-narratives in a postfeminist Mexican standoff.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2011
The result of this Mexican standoff was that the Rockefellers effaced the mural, while the Communist Party denounced Rivera for "opportunism."
From Time Magazine Archive
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
