impasse
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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
The two governments are in a diplomatic impasse.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 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
Then they were silent, each quite vividly aware that they had reached an impasse.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Jolie herself has met impasses like this her entire life, and it’s that air of empathy that makes “Couture” so disarmingly intimate.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
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
He has appealed to Spaniards to give him enough votes to "end the impasses" in the country's politics.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023
Oh, she could recall skirmishes and narrow impasses!
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Marie Van Vorst
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