deadlock

The executive will hold further talks with the secretary of state on Friday to discuss the government's offer of money to resolve Stormont's budget deadlock.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

On Friday, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after a week of jury deadlock.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

A deadlock among the jury such as this one happens in "complex and emotionally charged trials", Heather Cucolo, a New York Law School professor and expert in mental health law, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Security Council straw poll was devised in the early 1980s in an attempt to break a deadlock between two candidates shut down by vetoes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

As the battle turned into a deadlock, it became clear that although the French ships outnumbered the English, some two hundred vessels to eighty, the English had a huge advantage.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

And the agency’s board itself often deadlocks on matters of campaign finance enforcement.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

“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

The mechanism was written into the constitution in 2008 as a tool to end deadlocks between the presidency and the legislature.

From New York Times ● May 17, 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

Each was jealous of the other and deadlocks frequently occurred.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

The judge declared a mistrial after a Massachusetts jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

At this writing, the jury does not appear close to a verdict in the Clancy case, and may well be deadlocked.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy are deadlocked after four days of deliberations.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The three downstream states of California, Arizona and Nevada have repeatedly deadlocked in negotiations with the upstream states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Working his way hurriedly through the alleys, circles, roundabouts, and barriers, he found himself trapped in a dead end, deadlocked and defeated.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The jury in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs will keep deliberating after reaching a partial verdict, but deadlocking on the most serious charge faced by the hip-hop mogul.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

The judge instructed them to deliver the partial verdict, which acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta while deadlocking on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

One day during afternoon rec, when I was deadlocking all the cells, he called me back to his.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover