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

"I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk posted on X.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 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

Suspecting they were at an impasse, Pentagon officials accelerated discussions with Anthropic’s main rival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The assistant director seems resigned to an impasse and pulls a thick perfect-bound stack of paper from a drawer and begins to read.

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