deadlocked

Example Sentences

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But through four games, the Thunder and Spurs are still deadlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Negotiations between the two countries have been deadlocked since a ceasefire came into effect on April 8, with only one round of direct peace talks held so far.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

But with Washington and Tehran still deadlocked over control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear programme, Trump's off-ramp from the conflict is unclear.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Meanwhile, jurors in Los Angeles have sent questions to the court signaling they are deciding over damages for one defendant and potentially deadlocked on liability for the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Noon finds them picking their way through deadlocked traffic on a new motorway near Vaucresson, a full ten miles west of their apartment, as far from home as Marie-Laure has ever been.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr