as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
the jury sent a note to the judge that it was hopelessly stuck in a deadlock
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Recent Examples of deadlock
Opinion polling of voters in Michigan currently shows a near deadlock between Trump and Harris — the RealClearPolling average has Harris leading by 0.7 percentage points.
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
The deadlock wouldn’t last five minutes: Joseph sneaked a shot home in the 60th minute.
—Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
With less than two weeks to go before the election, recent polls have suggested that the presidential race is essentially in a deadlock, with both Harris and Trump at comparably small margins.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
In 1996, three years after their first trial ended in a deadlock, the siblings were convicted of the first-degree murders and subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2024
The deadlock wouldn’t last five minutes: Joseph sneaked a shot home in the 60th minute.
—Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
With less than two weeks to go before the election, recent polls have suggested that the presidential race is essentially in a deadlock, with both Harris and Trump at comparably small margins.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
In 1996, three years after their first trial ended in a deadlock, the siblings were convicted of the first-degree murders and subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlock
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The Power Of Connected Manufacturing In today’s manufacturing plants, when a motor seizes up, the assembly line comes to a halt.Chris Turlica, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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And everything that people hate about politics went on steroids: after Trump abused his power, work on anything productive out of Washington ground to a halt.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent developments indicate that the Boeing impasse could be near an end.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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The resulting stalemate could very well lead to violence.Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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The timeline for the completion of negotiations is unclear, as both sides hope to end a stalemate that has severely hampered the production of key Boeing airplanes.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Deadlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlock. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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