stalemate
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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
—The dollar rose as a stalemate between the U.S. and Iran and Tuesday’s higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data weigh on risk sentiment and reduce the prospect of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It’s unclear when that will happen, however, in light of an uneasy stalemate between the U.S. and Iran since the end of April.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The next afternoon, on the thirty-fourth ballot, the Wisconsin delegation attempted to end the two-day stalemate.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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