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Example sentences for: standoff

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The standoff cost international population programs more than a third of their 1995 funding levels.
The National Basketball Association opened a wild player-trading session . Having lost nearly half the season to a labor standoff, the NBA is compressing the trading and signing period in order to begin the season quickly.
During the recent standoff, Iraq tampered with monitoring equipment, and the fear is that the Iraqis will use this window to create a cache of chemical weapons.
Pakistan and India will end their standoff in Kashmir.
A WSJ editorial takes its cue from the standoff, using it to decry the weakening of the U.S. military.