deadlock

Noni Madueke broke the deadlock in a dull game as Arsenal squeezed past Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"This deadlock is not new, and it risks costing us valuable time in our response to climate change," the French envoy said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The exchanges of fire, which began with US raids last week, come amid a deadlock in the six-month conflict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

On Friday, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after a week of jury deadlock.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

“We have resolved most of the deadlocks during the talks with Mr. Biden and we have decided to hold more talks in line with the positive agenda.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

The mechanism was written into the constitution in 2008 as a tool to end deadlocks between the presidency and the legislature.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2023

One reason our discovery is exciting is because it hints at ways to work through specific political deadlocks.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2023

Amid the deadlocks over the U.N.’s role in Ukraine, broader U.N. reform ideas have gained steam, including support for increasing the number of permanent Security Council members.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Its entanglement in English party politics, which geography made inevitable, lead to deadlocks over trade and over the regency question, the latter practically involving the right to choose a separate sovereign.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by S. Rosenbaum

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench declared a mistrial on the charges that left the jury deadlocked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But after a five-month trial and a deadlocked jury, Norris was convicted by a majority of 11-1 and told he would not be eligible for parole for 30 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The judge declared a mistrial after a Massachusetts jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The jury has been deadlocked 11-1 with the majority apparently leaning towards finding the 36-year-old Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

With the land war deadlocked, Britain and Germany were each determined to achieve ultimate victory by winning the war at sea.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Fifa needs to prevent something called deadlocking, which happens when it is no longer possible to complete the draw while following the regulations.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

The case ended embarrassingly for the Justice Department, with the jury deadlocking on five of the six felony counts and acquitting him on the last one.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Jurors could not agree on a verdict on her allegations, deadlocking 8-4 in favor of conviction.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

It fell one vote short, deadlocking at 7 to 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

My mother was asleep; she was as deadlocking as a red-gray old sea-elephant stretched on the shore of a summer day.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner