stalemate

There had been stalemate over a pay rise for teachers for three years as inflation rose, leading to strikes and other industrial action.

Cosla told the BBC that ringfencing spending on teachers was not the best way to protect pupil attainment and that the stalemate is making things worse.

Boeing says it has withdrawn its pay rise offer to striking workers after negotiations with union representatives reached a stalemate.

Both times, Betts made the other team pay, once with an extra-inning home run against the Angels and the other time with a run-scoring single that broke a ninth-inning stalemate against the Atlanta Braves.

But planning for the war with Hezbollah started after the last one ended in 2006 in a humiliating stalemate for Israel.