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

Officials on both sides said the talks continue and denied there was any impasse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But if a gap remains and an impasse ultimately is declared, the supervisors no longer would dictate the final offer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But in the early 1800s, it seemed as if the entire field of heredity and embryogenesis had reached a conceptual impasse.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

Oh, she could recall skirmishes and narrow impasses!

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Marie Van Vorst