impasse
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After contract talks hit an impasse in February, Nichols reached out to Arias and Myart-Cruz to share research and strategy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
But club leaders have struggled to resolve the impasse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
But on the other side of the stone there was an impasse.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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