deadlock
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The five-month deadlock was on full display in recent days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
It began in the early 1980s in an attempt to break a deadlock between two candidates whose bids were shut down by vetoes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
This referred to the preliminary deal aimed at ending the war which has collapsed as the foes fight to break a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Both sides have ramped up the use of force to try to break the deadlock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Anticipating a deadlock on that topic, Archie changed directions.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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
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
Maryland lost its only games against Iowa and Rutgers, so those are deadlocks to be avoided.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 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
The objects of our recent ardent longings reveal themselves, most luridly sometimes, as dangers, deadlocks, fetters, hopeless labyrinths, from which we have barely escaped.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
Representatives of the seven states have repeatedly deadlocked in negotiations, while the river’s reservoirs have continued to decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The third and most recent trial involving Mann ended in May 2026 with another deadlocked jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Xi makes the trip to the North after hosting US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin separately in Beijing recently and as North Korea's nuclear talks with Washington remain deadlocked.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
After the 2020 census, the bipartisan commission deadlocked, as such bodies often do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The convention was deadlocked at the end of the first day.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The jury in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs will keep deliberating after reaching a partial verdict, but deadlocking on the most serious charge faced by the hip-hop mogul.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Jurors deliberated for several days, deadlocking more than once, prompting the judge to urge them to continue deliberating to reach a unanimous verdict.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
It fell one vote short, deadlocking at 7 to 7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
The jury wound up acquitting the men of many charges and deadlocking on the murder charge, leading to a mistrial.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2019
One day during afternoon rec, when I was deadlocking all the cells, he called me back to his.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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