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deadlock

[ded-lok] / ˈdɛdˌlɒk /


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The 25-year-old only had four touches inside the box in the last-16 tie - but with one of them, he broke the deadlock 79 minutes in.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said it was "high time we move from deadlock to delivery... extremisms and violence carry consequences."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The deal is designed to break the deadlock in the conflict and set talks back in motion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

We have gone through a pretense of truce and reformation, straight into deadlock.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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