stalemate

He has also offered to meet both sides in the stalemate, the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Earlier, Boutcher said that the stalemate meant the police had "once again become the shock absorber of our society".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The war in Ukraine has been in a brutal stalemate for several months, but there’s no guarantee this will continue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“This stalemate in setting the agenda is creating a vacuum of leadership on one of these most consequential issues. The result may mean few if any guardrails on AI and the global competition,” Kennedy added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

On October 25, 1890, the site for the fair still unchosen, worrisome news arrived from Europe, the first hint of forces gathering that could do infinitely more damage to the fair than the directors’ stalemate.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

But after navigating permitting delays, insurance stalemates and design flaws, there’s still one big unresolved issue that’s complicating her progress: sewage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

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

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

Until now, the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the UAE over who should lead the region has stalemated peace efforts.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024

That’s a rare advance in a stalemated Congress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

They found the fighting mostly stalemated and Ukraine facing an array of obstacles — weary soldiers, unreliable munitions — against a determined foe.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

The reasoning was this: I simply could not stand what I had become—stale, perhaps, or stalemated by what appeared to be my faltering body.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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