impasse
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Officials on both sides said the talks are still ongoing and denied there was any impasse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But if a gap remains and an impasse ultimately is declared, the supervisors no longer would dictate the final offer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The International Energy Agency said Friday that the continuing U.S.-Iran diplomatic impasse and renewed attacks in the Gulf and Bab al-Mandeb have pushed the prospect of a normalization in oil flows into next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
According to US media, Sullivan issued the jurors a last-resort, so-called "dynamite charge" that encourages them to keep discussing in a bid to break the impasse and avoid a mistrial.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The main outline of the visible and available evidence, however, reveals a man questioning his own characteristic excesses, which had somehow put him on a course that led to the current impasse.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Besides brokering negotiations for private employers, the mediators handle worker grievances; train joint labor-management committees; appoint arbitrators if a dispute cannot be resolved; and assist with negotiation impasses in the federal sector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
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
It took Spain four elections in as many years before a minority Sanchez government took over in early 2020 because coalition agreements could not be reached, with some impasses lasting as long as six months.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 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
We seem already to have found the city of rocks, the famous Cité du Diable; so labyrinthine these streets, alleys, and impasses of natural stone, so bewildering the chaos around us.
From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
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