deadlock
Example Sentences
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The BBC understands that the Hillsborough Law campaign's legal team will be in parliament next week to meet MPs in an effort to break the deadlock and galvanise support.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The European Commission has mustered a team to try to break the deadlock over Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Garfield 3, Venice 2: The Bulldogs scored a run in the ninth on an error to break a 2-2 deadlock.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026
But the framework is in "deadlock", Center of Economic and Law Studies executive director Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara said.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
In the end I decided to break the deadlock and said: “Tommy, let’s talk now. There’s something I want to talk to you about.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.