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Meanings of tense standoff in inglês

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Usage of tense standoff in inglês
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Miscommunication between the police and protesters led to the tense standoff, he said.
Radio NZ
2
We all enjoyed another two minutes of wordless, increasingly tense standoff.
Proven guilty
3
After a tense standoff, the attorney general decided not to prosecute.
The Guardian
4
Thais will smile during a tense standoff, or at a funeral.
BBC
5
The tense standoff ended when U.S. Navy snipers killed three pirates.
Reuters
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This has ratcheted up the already tense standoff in the crisis-stricken South American country.
The Irish Times
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Security forces have been deployed as the tense standoff continues.
The Guardian
8
Gunfire subsided by the early evening and soldiers surrounded the building in a tense standoff.
Reuters
9
Natuna Island was the centre of a tense standoff between the two nations in January.
News.com.au
10
A tense standoff has developed, with police and military accusing the TPN of holding 1300 people hostage.
Radio NZ
11
Ada casually strolling in the path of a tense standoff at the end of the first season.
The Guardian
12
The two countries have been involved in a tense standoff over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The Irish Times
13
Both moves highlighted the impact on Russia's weakening economy of the tense standoff with the West over Ukraine.
Reuters
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A tense standoff was under way.
Reuters
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Back in 2008 in Cardiff the two teams refused to move in a tense standoff after the haka.
Radio NZ
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After a tense standoff with the U.S. Navy, Phillips was rescued, with three pirates shot dead by snipers.
Reuters
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