deadlock

Gulf states are scrambling to come up with new formulas to break the diplomatic deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

On-again, off-again negotiations through mediators Qatar and Pakistan have so far failed to break the diplomatic deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"This deadlock is not new, and it risks costing us valuable time in our response to climate change," the French envoy said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Since then there has been frenetic activity behind-the-scenes, mainly at Hillsborough Castle, to try to break the deadlock.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He lay in bed, only a few seconds from deep sleep, caught in a deadlock of impulses, unable to rise to the land of the living.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

“We have resolved most of the deadlocks during the talks with Mr. Biden and we have decided to hold more talks in line with the positive agenda.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 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

Amid the deadlocks over the U.N.’s role in Ukraine, broader U.N. reform ideas have gained steam, including support for increasing the number of permanent Security Council members.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

The objects of our recent ardent longings reveal themselves, most luridly sometimes, as dangers, deadlocks, fetters, hopeless labyrinths, from which we have barely escaped.

From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee

The outlook for reviving the deadlocked talks remains bleak.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever tendered his resignation to King Philippe on Monday over deadlocked budget talks, but the monarch deferred his decision until after a new meeting Friday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The jury deadlocked on murder and attempted murder charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Earlier this month, a Massachusetts jury deadlocked on the seventh day of deliberations in the high-profile murder case of Lindsay Clancy, resulting in a mistrial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The law formed the National Labor Relations Board to protect both employers’ and employees’ rights and to intervene when labor and management disputes become deadlocked.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

A previous trial against Atkins earlier this year ended with jurors acquitting him of first-degree murder and deadlocking on a second-degree murder charge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But the second pathway makes it complicated, because there are 17 deadlocking nations in pots one, two and three.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 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 could not agree on a verdict on her allegations, deadlocking 8-4 in favor of conviction.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

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