stalemate
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Oil prices have surged again this week due to the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran over how to end the conflict.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Talks between the U.S. and Iran about a resolution to the war and about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have reached a stalemate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres has been prominent as host of this breakaway climate conference, which has drawn nations wanting to accelerate the fossil fuel phaseout despite the stalemate in the UN-led "COP" summits.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
It’s a stalemate that even a clever strategist would struggle mightily to resolve, and there is no evidence that Vance is an especially strategic thinker.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Negotiations between black leaders and white authorities had hardened into a tense stalemate, with the whole Southern way of life at stake.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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