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stalemate

[steyl-meyt] / ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt /


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Crude futures settled lower in an up-and-down session with conflicting expectations for an agreement to end the U.S.-Iran stalemate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

From afar, headlines can feel like history looping, another geopolitical stalemate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Orcel previously described the bid as an attempt to break a stalemate between the two banks and that UniCredit was unlikely to gain majority control of the German lender.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

It’s unclear when that will happen, however, in light of an uneasy stalemate between the U.S. and Iran that’s been in place since the end of April.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

It could end in a stalemate and eventually be forgotten, absorbed by other school activities.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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