impasse
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The team and the quarterback have been conducting contract talks on a year-to-year basis since 2024, after Stafford delayed his arrival to training camp because of a contract impasse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Swinney has not set out in detail how he intends to overcome this constitutional impasse.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Most Asian shares were lower in morning trade on Monday, extending slides in global markets, as the impasse in the Middle East drove oil prices more than two percent higher.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
U.S. stock-index futures fell and crude prices rose on Sunday, after the market’s rally stalled last week as oil prices rose sharply amid the impasse in the war with Iran.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
But in the early 1800s, it seemed as if the entire field of heredity and embryogenesis had reached a conceptual impasse.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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