as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
the jury sent a note to the judge that it was hopelessly stuck in a deadlock
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Recent Examples of deadlock
In a May 2023 letter, a city official summarized a deadlock that had been reached in talks.
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
Their most recent ethics complaints stalled in a partisan deadlock in the Senate’s ethics committee earlier this month.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
But in the 66th minute, Kamada – who had earlier come off the bench – slotted home to break the deadlock.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Messi’s strike broke a deadlock in the 56th minute of the first leg.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
Their most recent ethics complaints stalled in a partisan deadlock in the Senate’s ethics committee earlier this month.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
But in the 66th minute, Kamada – who had earlier come off the bench – slotted home to break the deadlock.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Messi’s strike broke a deadlock in the 56th minute of the first leg.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlock
Noun
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In today’s interconnected world, a virus emerging in one corner of the globe can bring entire economies to a halt and overwhelm healthcare systems thousands of miles away.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Community backlash forced revisions to the flawed plan and brought the zoning rewrite to a halt.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The impasse raises the likelihood that the debt ceiling will be dealt with separately as part of a deal with the Democrats on wildfire aid later this year.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Mar. 2025
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Don't be surprised if Beijing and Washington use this impasse as a bargaining chip in tariff talks.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nottingham Forest has been one of the EPL's best teams this season, so the two playing to a stalemate shouldn't come as a surprise.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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As beers are cracked and meatballs are thrown, the game slowly turns into a stalemate that’s irritatingly adept at withstanding external pressure to end prematurely.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Deadlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlock. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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