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Example sentences for: stand-off

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He said, "This may be Baghdad's last chance to learn lessons from the developments of the past few months and appreciate the futility of entering into a fresh stand-off with the U.S., irrespective of the justice or injustice of U.S. policy in the MidEast."
reactions to the continuing Iraq stand-off.
The hiccup could lead to "another stand-off with the United States of the sort that almost led to war in February, and before that last November," the paper speculated.