stalemate

In 2022, with front lines in a stalemate, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis signed a truce that largely held.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Finishing their four-game window with a 0-0 stalemate against Georgia on Monday night ensured Michael O'Neill's side earned eight across a mere 11 days.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In 2022, after years of stalemate, the government and rebels signed on to a ceasefire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Before the militias emerged, Iran and Iraq had fought a nearly eight-year war that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands and ended in a stalemate in 1988.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Allies had agreed on a plan to break the stalemate.

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

Ditto for certain infamous stalemates that did not end well for the continued employment of a few big-name cast members, Norm Macdonald and Adam Sandler among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

Both sides agreed and one of the final remaining stalemates was resolved.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023

Visually, and in their oratorical skills, both men invoked the passion and unifying power of civil rights-era leaders while speaking to the continued inequity and political stalemates of the 21st century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

The months subsequent were an endless dreary battle of paperwork, full of stalemates, fought in trenches.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

While the shadow of the stalemated war with Iran looms over the market, Wall Street has been booming, thanks largely to tech stocks.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Also, 17 of the 19 Tests were drawn, including three consecutive stalemated series.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the group in a stalemated conflict since 2015.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

That’s a rare advance in a stalemated Congress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

As always, the conversation stalemated with “None of it really makes any sense.”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Hill totaled a team-high six tackles — including a stalemating hit at the line of scrimmage on a blitz — in his first game in crimson and gray.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

The Rams were without Cooper Kupp, but the Green Bay’s cornerbacks still deserve ample credit for stalemating a great receiving corps.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2018

McLendon proved excellent at stalemating and disengaging from blockers in spot duty last season.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2012

Franklin plays with tremendous leverage and is nearly peerless when it comes to moving laterally while stalemating two offensive linemen.

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2011

By a remarkably ingenious device White averts the loss of the game by stalemating himself as follows:— 1.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various