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deadlock

noun as in stalemate, impasse

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Aid charities have said the deadlock has put the whole deal over support for women in jeopardy with just three days to go before the conference ends.

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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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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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But perhaps deadlock is fitting for this topic, because it’s not at all clear where the plans go from here.

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

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