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Mexican standoff

noun as in impasse

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The simplest way to understand Israel’s predicament is to think of a Mexican standoff, like something out of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but without the guns.

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Adding that Trump was always going to lose a fight like this, Noah recapped the risk to his audience: “You never get into a Mexican standoff with actual Mexicans.”

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Is this really the time for a Mexican standoff?

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Yet boxing stays boxing and the numbingly familiar bugaboos of money and politics and other competing interests have conspired to keep Wilder, Fury and Joshua apart with the assignment of blame resembling a Mexican standoff.

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The Wolves’ entire season could turn it into one long 82-game Mexican standoff.

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