deadlock

A preliminary deal aimed at ending the war has collapsed as the foes fight to break the deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway key to the world's oil supply.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

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

While Pastef's majority in the National Assembly can censure the government, in the event of a deadlock the president can resort to "exceptional powers" to govern by decree for three months, noted Diallo.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 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

And the agency’s board itself often deadlocks on matters of campaign finance enforcement.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 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

She had also broken deadlocks to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo, who in July became the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Kiran Ahuja, who became the Office of Personnel Management’s director in June.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

Objections to the Method of Choice by the Legislature.—One of the practical objections to the original method of choosing senators was that it frequently led to long and stubborn contests which sometimes ended in deadlocks.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford

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

District Judge Anne Hwang, who read it aloud, suggesting the panel was deadlocked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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

The convention was deadlocked between the two leading candidates, so, Daugherty predicted, the delegates would be forced to look for an alternative.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

It fell one vote short, deadlocking at 7 to 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

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