impasse

With negotiations at an impasse, Trump spoke with Russia's Vladimir Putin before flying to Turkey and was to "follow up" with him after meeting Zelensky, a US official said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

U.S. and regional officials familiar with the diplomacy around the deal said in the days leading up to the summit that there had been no progress in breaking the impasse around the F-35.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Last month the Commerce Department blocked Anthropic from selling its state-of-the-art models abroad owing to national security concerns and it took weeks of wrangling to resolve this impasse.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Jurors first indicated that they were at an impasse on Thursday afternoon, after deliberating for more than 13 hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Only scythes, who can turn off our emotional nanites, can ever reach an impasse with our own existence.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Jolie herself has met impasses like this her entire life, and it’s that air of empathy that makes “Couture” so disarmingly intimate.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

It took Spain four elections in as many years before a minority Sanchez government took over in early 2020 because coalition agreements could not be reached, with some impasses lasting as long as six months.

From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023

Partners try to resolve such impasses by digging in and working hard to convince the other of their own position, becoming further polarized.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

Issuing subpoenas and holding agency heads in contempt were rare, though impasses occurred in nearly every administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The main streets branch out into thousands of impasses each ending in a locked door.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora