impasse

Example Sentences

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TSA agents, who manage US airport security, have not been paid in more than a month due to the impasse.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

Anderson says the men have reached an impasse and is asking a judge to dissolve their business connections.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The main outline of the visible and available evidence, however, reveals a man questioning his own characteristic excesses, which had somehow put him on a course that led to the current impasse.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis