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impasse

[im-pas, im-pas] / ˈɪm pæs, ɪmˈpæs /


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After contract talks hit an impasse in February, Nichols reached out to Arias and Myart-Cruz to share research and strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Words like “incompetent” can feel good in the heat of the moment, but they rarely help to resolve an impasse such as this.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

After more than five weeks of working without pay due to a funding impasse, most TSA employees received two, full retroactive paychecks on Monday, according to union officials and a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"If this were merely a contracting impasse, DoW would presumably have just stopped using Claude," Judge Lin wrote, referencing the Department of War, a secondary name for the Department of Defense.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He attempted to exercise his influence, as in fact the etiquette of the code duello required, to find a way out of the impasse.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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