Tensions in a sentence

Sullivan encouraged additional steps to restore calm and de-escalate tensions, and called on all parties to refrain from unilateral actions, including settlement activity, that further inflame tensions.

Anything could happen and it happened and that was the tensions unleashed after the George Floyd murder, that are still ongoing today and these are now, let’s call them police-community tensions, right?

It comes amid increasing diplomatic tensions between the US and China during the coronavirus outbreak, with both sides trading barbs over who is to blame for the spread of the disease after already being involved in trade tensions for almost two years.

As tensions rose, Sunderland MP Julie Elliott and the council asked the Home Office for a temporary pause in the number of asylum seekers being sent to the city, the “re-emergence of tensions”.

But there are some religious tensions and persecutions in the country, and most of the tensions and persecutions are civil and not by state.

Tensions between ethnic Albanians and the Yugoslav government were significant, not only due to national tensions but also due to political ideological concerns, especially regarding relations with neighbouring Albania.

The council did not address the national tensions or the theological tensions stirred up during the previous century and could not prevent schism and the Hussite Wars in Bohemia.

The height of Carmelite tensions The years 1575–77, however, saw a great increase in the tensions among the Spanish Carmelite friars over the reforms of Teresa and John.

According to a statement from the Elysée Palace on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron has invited the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Paris on 10 March for a bilateral summit, as the two countries seek to revive their ties after recent tensions.

A Chinese peace proposal for Ukraine that has drawn praise from Russia but dismissals from the West has done nothing to lessen tensions as U.S. officials have repeatedly accused China of considering the provision of weapons to Russia for use in the war.

All three men said the summit underscored the cooperation among their governments and played down longstanding disagreements and tensions, especially over the economic competition in energy and emerging technologies like electric vehicles.

Alongside rising tensions between their governments, ethnic Koreans living in Japan face daily discrimination and bullying.

Although La Liga leaders Barcelona can virtually clinch the title if they beat second-place Real Madrid on Sunday to move 12 points clear, headlines remain dominated by the Negreira case, with tensions rising around Spain.

Although the probe into the motivation of the suspected arson attack is still ongoing, the incident comes after increasing tensions over the Middle East conflict and threats and intimidation of politicians.

Amid growing tensions between leadership in Northern and Southern California, Alvarado stepped down in 1842.

Amid heightened tensions with Palestinian worshipers, Israeli settlers also pressed ahead with their frequent incursions and provocative rituals at the holy site.

And if it turns out that Iran encouraged the Hamas attack to scuttle that Israeli-Saudi deal, it could raise tensions between Israel and Iran and Tehran’s Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, and also between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

And Labour councillors in Sandwell suspect the issue is being used to stoke up tensions in the same way.

And the beating Cody Rhodes took at the hands of Brock Lesnar certainly didn't help to ease fans' tensions.

Another example of Regan’s mismanagement of the trust granted to him under the city charter is his handling of racial tensions that led to the uprooting of the Confederate memorial from the Plaza de la Constitución.