stalemate

Iran’s Foreign Ministry did, however, acknowledge that Iran was continuing talks with Oman on how to manage the Strait of Hormuz, which has been at the center of the stalemate between Washington and Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Kaneva and her team with threats now for to two major waterways in the Gulf, markets are clearly viewing a prolonged stalemate as unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Since 2022, the two sides have been in a stalemate, though tensions have been rising again in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

There may be some surprise at Benn's exit from government as he had just started talks with the Stormont parties and treasury officials in a bid to agree a multi-year budget after months of stalemate.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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

When funding stalemates occur in other countries, government activity generally continues with the existing levels of funding until new monies can be agreed upon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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

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

That’s a rare advance in a stalemated Congress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

And along stretches of the battlefront, fighting is somewhat stalemated.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 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