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“The continuing impasse in negotiations between the United States and Iran delays the prospect of a normalisation of flows into next year,” it said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

But with Tehran and Washington now seemingly at an impasse, Isabel Schnabel and Joachim Nagel -- both members of the ECB's rate-setting governing council -- have signalled in recent days policymakers will resume hiking rates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The two sides have been at an impasse on several issues, including US tariffs on autos, and many Canadian provinces banning American liquor sales.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

U.S. stocks ended modestly lower as an apparent impasse in Middle East peace talks offset a surge in AI-related shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The main outline of the visible and available evidence, however, reveals a man questioning his own characteristic excesses, which had somehow put him on a course that led to the current impasse.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

We don’t just use these things as ephemeral amusement — art helps us make sense of our lives at their most critical impasses.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025

Partners try to resolve such impasses by digging in and working hard to convince the other of their own position, becoming further polarized.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

However the mandatory coalition of rivals has collapsed several times since then for a number of reasons, with the longest impasses lasting from 2002 to 2007 and from 2017 to 2020.

From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023

Issuing subpoenas and holding agency heads in contempt were rare, though impasses occurred in nearly every administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The main streets branch out into thousands of impasses each ending in a locked door.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon