impasse

The European Commission has urged progress on resolving the judicial impasse, while legal scholars, civil-society groups and political leaders continue to advocate reforms aimed at strengthening judicial independence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

County supervisors and public safety unions that are barred from striking reach an impasse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 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 impasse was broken by the pig, which decided, simply, to leave; choosing for its line of departure a path which passed directly between Bloom’s legs.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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