deadlock

On-again, off-again negotiations through mediators Qatar and Pakistan have so far failed to break the diplomatic deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, flew to Tehran on Tuesday followed by a delegation of Qatari diplomats in an effort to break the deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Noni Madueke broke the deadlock in a dull game as Arsenal squeezed past Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"This deadlock is not new, and it risks costing us valuable time in our response to climate change," the French envoy said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the end I decided to break the deadlock and said: “Tommy, let’s talk now. There’s something I want to talk to you about.”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

“We have resolved most of the deadlocks during the talks with Mr. Biden and we have decided to hold more talks in line with the positive agenda.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 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

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

From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

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 James Wilford Garner

"Because a mistrial was properly declared due to the manifest necessity of a deadlocked jury, the defendant's motion to dismiss should be denied," prosecutors wrote in the motion.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Since a deadlocked jury forced a mistrial in early September, more than $500,000 in additional bets have been placed on whether the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her children will eventually be convicted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

But after a five-month trial and a deadlocked jury, Norris was convicted by a majority of 11-1 and told he would not be eligible for parole for 30 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench declared a mistrial on the charges that left the jury deadlocked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But as the year 1915 began, the opposing armies were deadlocked and trenches had become the dominating feature of the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

A previous trial against Atkins earlier this year ended with jurors acquitting him of first-degree murder and deadlocking on a second-degree murder charge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

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