impasse
Example Sentences
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The former president's remains are still in South Africa as the impasse continues.
From BBC
The impasse has not prevented the European Union's fourth-largest economy from growing much faster than its peers.
From Barron's
It’s at this impasse that Freyne and Cunnane’s screenplay starts to spin its wheels trying to find the right intersection between comedy and romance.
From Salon
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is still catching up on numbers it couldn’t compile during the spending impasse, including October job-creation figures, which are now coming next month.
Federal statistics agencies are still in catch-up mode two weeks after the impasse ended.
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