impasse
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Essentially the Bank was trying to provide detail around some of the "ifs" and "maybes" to manage expectations of what outcomes are plausible if the Gulf impasse lasts several months.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 3% to $111 per barrel Tuesday as peace talks have hit an impasse.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The impasse leaves Warsh’s path to the Fed’s top job uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
After contract talks hit an impasse in February, Nichols reached out to Arias and Myart-Cruz to share research and strategy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
But in the early 1800s, it seemed as if the entire field of heredity and embryogenesis had reached a conceptual impasse.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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