standoff

• The result of this standoff has been an ongoing process of tactical and strategic adaptation. —  orgtheory.net
• One of the U.S. naval destroyers sent to monitor the standoff is the U.S.S. Bainbridge. —  WMTW.com - Local News
• The Ukraine standoff began in the last days of 2008, ostensibly over Russia's demand for a large increase in the price Ukraine pays for its gas; but the ensuing shutdown affected much of Europe, including leading nations such as Germany, and some analysts suggest that the standoff has been a way for Russia to warn the West about exerting too much influence in Ukrainian affairs. —  The New York Review of Books
• Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. —  National Coalition for History
• She covered some of Southern Arizona's biggest stories; including the Aspen Fire on Mt. Lemmon and the Lewis Prison hostage standoff, the longest in U. S history.

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