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- noun Plural form of
standoff .
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With a biennial Legislature operating under interim committees, councils and advisory commissions between sessions and meeting via special sessions as called by the governor, short-term standoffs and short-term solutions become standard operating procedure.
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Cons: It's a bit tight in there; screwing the motherboard onto the standoffs was a delicate operation in that space (ended up holding the screws with a needle-nose in one hand, while operating a ratcheting screwdriver with the other.)
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With a biennial Legislature operating under interim committees, councils and advisory commissions between sessions and meeting via special sessions as called by the governor, short-term standoffs and short-term solutions become standard operating procedure.
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SI Analysis: News of China's growing naval prowess usually involves confrontations (such as standoffs earlier this year with a US vessel in the South China Sea, or with an Indian submarine in the Arabian Sea).
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup 2009
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Just make sure to add "standoffs" between the stencil and the wall because they will bleed like crazy.
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Rather, he's been engulfed in national economic crises, Washington political standoffs and federal regulatory battles.
Rahm Emanuel: So close, so far Jena McGregor 2011
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During Fenty's tenure, there were standoffs between the legislative and executive branches over everything from baseball tickets to the budget.
D.C. Mayor Gray pulls bill that would've let him tap United Medical Center chair Nikita Stewart 2011
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During Fenty's tenure, there were standoffs between the legislative and executive branches over everything from baseball tickets to the budget.
D.C. Mayor Gray pulls bill that would've let him tap United Medical Center chair Nikita Stewart 2011
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The United Federation of Planets had vexed the Tzenkethi for a century, forcing them into more than one shooting war and maintaining tense political standoffs against them the rest of the time.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Since January, Congress and the White House have engaged in repeated standoffs over federal spending and the size of government as the economy has struggled to recover from recession.
Over A Third Of Americans Support Occupy Wall Street Protests: Poll [LIVE UPDATES] 2011
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