standoff
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Well, that standoff was nothing compared with what might be coming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
And so we have a bit of a standoff here.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
But the standoff was heard by the court Monday and likely will force clarity on an issue that has long lacked it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
For ordinary Iranians, the standoff is likely to bring only more economic pain after years of rampant inflation, which in December and January fuelled massive anti-government protests.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
A meeting was scheduled to break the standoff.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
After two hours of sporadic clashes and standoffs, Congress Square was cleared by the police although a handful of people remained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Such standoffs could become a major impediment to progress at Penn Station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
At the same time, carriage negotiations with programmers are more fraught, often leading to standoffs where channels are pulled, disrupting service to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
That idea has long been used to describe evolutionary standoffs between species, such as hosts and the parasites or pathogens that attack them.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
Such prolonged standoffs would not be necessary, however, for he sensed that his time in Chicago was nearing an end.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
