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deadlock

[ded-lok] / ˈdɛdˌlɒk /


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The US-Iran deadlock and rising crude costs comes as traders await the release of consumer price data on Wednesday, which could play a key role in guiding the Fed on its next move.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

And against Panama, when England were struggling for a breakthrough in the final group game, Bellingham scored the crucial goal to break the deadlock.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The deadlock has heavily disrupted traffic in the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But the latest discussions suggest he is looking for ways to break the deadlock with Tehran and hasn’t yet ruled out a return to fighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Her statement broke the deadlock, though it was probably the last thing Minerva had intended.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

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

Amid the deadlocks over the U.N.’s role in Ukraine, broader U.N. reform ideas have gained steam, including support for increasing the number of permanent Security Council members.

From Washington Times Nov. 1, 2022

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

U.S. stocks slid as negotiations about the future of the Strait of Hormuz remain deadlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

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

A jury eventually convicted all three of battery but acquitted one of the students of the hate-crime charge and deadlocked on the others.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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 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

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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