When families resisted, there was a brief standoff.

The confrontation also triggered a brief standoff between the security force, called the Warriors Society, and the state police.

The local Sheriff comes to the house for a brief standoff, before Cujo kills him.

Saldivar is later arrested after a brief standoff while Selena's fans, friends, and family are left grieving over her death.

After a brief standoff Ace realizes that Chris is serious, and the teenagers leave.

The two are chased into a cinema where they climb out onto the marquee and have a brief standoff with the police.

While inside the building, Don Ramsey began taking hostages and was involved in a brief standoff with police until he surrendered.

Ineffectual as it was, the brief standoff offered a lesson in the patterns history sets.

This brief standoff with the G'kkau warship troubled him more than he let on.

After a brief Mexican standoff, Sarah shoots him in self-defense.