impasse

The two governments are in a diplomatic impasse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Now the mayor's senior advisers were giving him another way he could end the impasse - using a development corporation.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, carmaker Stellantis and its roughly 9,000 unionized Canadian employees are at an impasse in labor talks over plans by Stellantis to sell a Toronto-area factory to a local defense firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

So how do you deal with this impasse with your wife?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then they were silent, each quite vividly aware that they had reached an impasse.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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

He has appealed to Spaniards to give him enough votes to "end the impasses" in the country's politics.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

Spain has held four in the past four years because coalition agreements could not be reached, with some such impasses lasting as long as six months.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

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

We seem already to have found the city of rocks, the famous Cité du Diable; so labyrinthine these streets, alleys, and impasses of natural stone, so bewildering the chaos around us.

From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards