deadlocked
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The outlook for reviving the deadlocked talks remains bleak.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
In a race that is largely deadlocked between two stable blocs of pro-government and anti-government supporters, getting new voters to the polling stations could make all the difference.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Over the last three years, negotiators repeatedly held talks to try to reach a seven-state agreement to take less water, but the three downstream states, California, Arizona and Nevada, deadlocked with the four upstream states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Both main crude contracts edged up to extend the previous day's rally with Washington and Tehran deadlocked on ending the crisis and unable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Noon finds them picking their way through deadlocked traffic on a new motorway near Vaucresson, a full ten miles west of their apartment, as far from home as Marie-Laure has ever been.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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