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But with Tehran and Washington now seemingly at an impasse, Isabel Schnabel and Joachim Nagel -- both members of the ECB's rate-setting governing council -- have signalled in recent days policymakers will resume hiking rates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

We are currently at an impasse and want to help our granddaughter.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The two sides have been at an impasse on several issues, including US tariffs on autos and many Canadian provinces banning American liquor sales.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

After years of impasse between states, the federal government has stepped in to try to save the beleaguered Colorado River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But in the early 1800s, it seemed as if the entire field of heredity and embryogenesis had reached a conceptual impasse.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

However the mandatory coalition of rivals has collapsed several times since then for a number of reasons, with the longest impasses lasting from 2002 to 2007 and from 2017 to 2020.

From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 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