stalemate
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She believes foreign engagement with the authorities is born of frustration -- after five years of diplomatic stalemate with Myanmar, "the international community are desperate".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mari Knowles, a landlord and tenant lawyer, told the Select Committee there was a risk of a "stalemate situation" where residents may not agree on paying for maintenance and investment in a building.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Towns was a matchup nightmare, playing San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama to a stalemate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Mullin said the agency suffered a blow to morale because of the historic 76-day shutdown of ICE and CBP after a congressional stalemate over funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The Soviet soldiers involved in this war found themselves in an icy stalemate, freezing and starving to death.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The fear was that increasing the field by 50% would dilute the competition beyond recognition, leading to a parade of uncomfortable blowouts or overly conservative stalemates between teams desperate to avoid national humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
America in 2025 remains mired in all sorts of ideological stalemates.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025
Both sides agreed and one of the final remaining stalemates was resolved.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
The Senate Republican leader has played a key role in resolving past stalemates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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
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
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