In the beginning, the movie seemed to be fine, but as we kept on watching, we quickly changed our opinion.

The incumbent president was voted out.

Australia is an arid continent with deserts covering most of it.

The journalist put him on the spot with such an audacious question.

Stacking up the lives he saved against the crimes he committed, I'd say the judge/court would be inclined to impose a lesser punishment.

This car doesn't stack up against/to the previous model.

Coming off antidepressants can be nasty.

He ran a red light by a mere second, but that was enough to cause an accident.

They were crossing the junction and the other car jumped/ran the red light and T-boned their car, nearly flipping them over.