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deadlock

noun as in stalemate, impasse

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English Football League chairman Rick Parry says he hopes a "seminal" review of the game by a new independent regulator could help overcome years of deadlock with the Premier League over a "fundamental financial reset".

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Some argue that allowing a dysfunctional government to hobble on for another year would have led to more instability and deadlock.

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McIlroy, who has previously suggested that America’s DOJ is the big stumbling block to ratification of the deal between the PIF and the PGA and DP World Tours, is hopeful that Trump and his election ally Musk can break the current deadlock.

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Then Transport Minister Humza Yousaf announced the Ardrossan upgrade in 2018, but deadlock between its private owner Peel Ports, the local council and the Scottish government over costs means there is as yet no timescale for the work.

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The hosts broke the deadlock in the bottom of the fifth inning as Enrique Hernandez, only the second Dodger to get on base by that stage, raced home on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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