deadlock

The five-month deadlock was on full display in recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Ferran Torres breaks the deadlock, scoring in extra time for Spain in the World Cup final against Argentina at the New York New Jersey Stadium.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The deadlock has heavily disrupted traffic in the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Faced with deadlock on the battlefield, both sides have deepened long-range strikes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

Our first order of business was to take individual cells off nighttime deadlock for the morning chow run.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

If the jury deadlocks after several days of deliberations and are unable to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge may declare a mistrial.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

And the agency’s board itself often deadlocks on matters of campaign finance enforcement.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

Maryland lost its only games against Iowa and Rutgers, so those are deadlocks to be avoided.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

One reason our discovery is exciting is because it hints at ways to work through specific political deadlocks.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2023

The most effective provision against deadlocks between the two Houses is one in the constitution of the Australian Commonwealth, by which, if they cannot agree, both are dissolved.

From The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

The decision comes after the jury deadlocked, leaving unresolved questions about who is responsible for the fire that killed 12 people and caused billions of dollars in losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

After a three-week trial, the jury in Los Angeles deliberated for two days before declaring itself deadlocked.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The Knicks’ next opponent is yet to be determined, as the San Antonio Spurs and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder are still deadlocked in the Western Conference Finals.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

But through four games, the Thunder and Spurs are still deadlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Noon finds them picking their way through deadlocked traffic on a new motorway near Vaucresson, a full ten miles west of their apartment, as far from home as Marie-Laure has ever been.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The jury in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs will keep deliberating after reaching a partial verdict, but deadlocking on the most serious charge faced by the hip-hop mogul.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025

The case ended embarrassingly for the Justice Department, with the jury deadlocking on five of the six felony counts and acquitting him on the last one.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Jurors deliberated for several days, deadlocking more than once, prompting the judge to urge them to continue deliberating to reach a unanimous verdict.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

The judge instructed them to deliver the partial verdict, which acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta while deadlocking on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

My mother was asleep; she was as deadlocking as a red-gray old sea-elephant stretched on the shore of a summer day.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner