impasse
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“It looks like the impasse is not going to change any time soon,” she says, and even if an agreement were reached tomorrow “that doesn’t mean that flows automatically return tomorrow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The team and the quarterback have been conducting contract talks on a year-to-year basis since 2024, after Stafford delayed his arrival to training camp because of a contract impasse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
A lack of compromise from the US would lead to an "impasse in the negotiations", the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
U.S. stock-index futures fell and crude prices rose on Sunday, after the market’s rally stalled last week as oil prices rose sharply amid the impasse in the war with Iran.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
By February 1922, nine months after the murders of Whitehorn and Anna Brown, the investigations into the cases seemed to have reached a permanent impasse.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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