stalemate
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From afar, headlines can feel like history looping, another geopolitical stalemate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Orcel previously described the bid as an attempt to break a stalemate between the two banks and that UniCredit was unlikely to gain majority control of the German lender.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Oil prices climbed Friday after President Donald Trump left his two-day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping with no real progress on the Iran-war stalemate.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Stock futures slid Tuesday as U.S. inflation picked up faster than expected in April and investors fretted over the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in their conflict.
From Barron's • May 12, 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
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