deadlocked
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After a three-week trial, the jury in Los Angeles deliberated for two days before declaring itself deadlocked.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
District Judge Anne Hwang, who read it aloud, suggesting the panel was deadlocked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The third and most recent trial involving Mann ended in May 2026 with another deadlocked jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Knicks’ next opponent is yet to be determined, as the San Antonio Spurs and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder are still deadlocked in the Western Conference Finals.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 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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