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Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, flew to Tehran on Tuesday followed by a delegation of Qatari diplomats in an effort to break the deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

The exchanges of fire, which began with US raids last week, come amid a deadlock in the six-month conflict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Her statement broke the deadlock, though it was probably the last thing Minerva had intended.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

A hung jury would result in a mistrial, meaning prosecutors would face a decision on whether to retry any officers that the jury deadlocks on.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 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

She had also broken deadlocks to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo, who in July became the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Kiran Ahuja, who became the Office of Personnel Management’s director in June.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

They clear up the deadlocks that come from the hard and fast use of terms, they establish mutual charity as an intellectual necessity.

From First and Last Things by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Jurors deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal in June, resulting in a stunning mistrial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Since a deadlocked jury forced a mistrial in early September, more than $500,000 in additional bets have been placed on whether the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her children will eventually be convicted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The decision to declare a mistrial after seven days of deadlocked jury deliberations has left the status of the case - and Clancy's future - unclear.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The jury has been deadlocked 11-1 with the majority apparently leaning towards finding the 36-year-old Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

But as the year 1915 began, the opposing armies were deadlocked and trenches had become the dominating feature of the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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 deliberated for several days, deadlocking more than once, prompting the judge to urge them to continue deliberating to reach a unanimous verdict.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

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