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impasse

[im-pas, im-pas] / ˈɪm pæs, ɪmˈpæs /


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A similar budget impasse occurred a year ago, when De Wever nearly tendered his resignation to the king.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Is Myshkin conceding defeat, refusing to engage, or simply recognizing that he and Rogozhin have reached a spiritual impasse?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Now the mayor's senior advisers were giving him another way he could end the impasse - using a development corporation.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

So how do you deal with this impasse with your wife?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The neglect of the dishes, I discovered, was due to a curious impasse: Sally, the maid, now serving also as cook, refused to clean dishes, despising the lowly office of scullion.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

We don’t just use these things as ephemeral amusement — art helps us make sense of our lives at their most critical impasses.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025

He has appealed to Spaniards to give him enough votes to "end the impasses" in the country's politics.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

Spain has held four in the past four years because coalition agreements could not be reached, with some such impasses lasting as long as six months.

From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023

Partners try to resolve such impasses by digging in and working hard to convince the other of their own position, becoming further polarized.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

The main streets branch out into thousands of impasses each ending in a locked door.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon


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