deadlock

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

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

It is the twelfth day of deadlock between residents of the Garvaghy Road and the local district lodge of the Orange Order over the proposed march in Portadown, County Armagh.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Our first order of business was to take individual cells off nighttime deadlock for the morning chow run.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

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

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

From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

Objections to the Method of Choice by the Legislature.—One of the practical objections to the original method of choosing senators was that it frequently led to long and stubborn contests which sometimes ended in deadlocks.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner

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

The convention was deadlocked at the end of the first day.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Fifa needs to prevent something called deadlocking, which happens when it is no longer possible to complete the draw while following the regulations.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

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

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

It fell one vote short, deadlocking at 7 to 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

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