impasse
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Words like “incompetent” can feel good in the heat of the moment, but they rarely help to resolve an impasse such as this.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
TSA agents, who manage US airport security, have not been paid in more than a month due to the impasse.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
"I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk posted on X.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
European Union officials remain hopeful they can resolve the impasse in the coming days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
This problem—by which he meant not the interrupted kiss, but this whole ungodly impasse of city and citadel—would not be solved by slaying.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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