impasse
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Words like “incompetent” can feel good in the heat of the moment, but they rarely help to resolve an impasse such as this.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
"If this were merely a contracting impasse, DoW would presumably have just stopped using Claude," Judge Lin wrote, referencing the Department of War, a secondary name for the Department of Defense.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk posted on X on Saturday offering to pay TSA workers during the funding impasse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
It’s more of a psychological weight than a financial impasse, says Michael Read, the principle broker at the New Jersey-based Bridgeway Mortgage.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Then they were silent, each quite vividly aware that they had reached an impasse.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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