deadlock
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It has been delayed by wrangling over how the duty applies to the intelligence services, with ministers recently breaking the deadlock with further amendments.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The 25-year-old only had four touches inside the box in the last-16 tie - but with one of them, he broke the deadlock 79 minutes in.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Ubiquitous short-range drones have created a deadlock at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
There were also contrasting views among Iran's major media, with the reformist newspaper Etemad on Saturday welcoming the progress as a way to break "chronic geopolitical and economic deadlock".
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
“I must point out that the move I have taken provides you with the opportunity to overcome the current deadlock, and to normalize the country’s political situation. I hope you will seize it without delay.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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If the jury deadlocks after several days of deliberations and are unable to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge may declare a mistrial.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
And the agency’s board itself often deadlocks on matters of campaign finance enforcement.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
The mechanism was written into the constitution in 2008 as a tool to end deadlocks between the presidency and the legislature.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
One reason our discovery is exciting is because it hints at ways to work through specific political deadlocks.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2023
Our notions of honor and valor being what they are, no situation could be created more likely to bring about deadlocks and precipitate fights.
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
The two remained deadlocked, with the league-leading Lynx losing two straight games for the first time all season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
After a three-week trial, the jury in Los Angeles deliberated for two days before declaring itself deadlocked.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after a jury deadlocked on whether a California man intentionally sparked the 2025 fire that devastated the Pacific Palisades, according to the local U.S. attorney’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
He stood in front of the car, waiting for them to push him in, his eyes wide with astonishment, his impulses deadlocked, trying to remember something.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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But the second pathway makes it complicated, because there are 17 deadlocking nations in pots one, two and three.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The case ended embarrassingly for the Justice Department, with the jury deadlocking on five of the six felony counts and acquitting him on the last one.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
Jurors could not agree on a verdict on her allegations, deadlocking 8-4 in favor of conviction.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
The judge instructed them to deliver the partial verdict, which acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta while deadlocking on the charges against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
My mother was asleep; she was as deadlocking as a red-gray old sea-elephant stretched on the shore of a summer day.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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