as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
with the White House controlled by one party and Congress by the other, the nation experienced four years of legislative gridlock
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Recent Examples of gridlock
Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
In an election with historic political division, Osborn is marketing himself as a candidate with no allegiance to either party, often expressing his grievances over partisan gridlocks and ineffectiveness on Capitol Hill.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
Management’s proposal called for the threshold to be dropped to $180 million, another factor that may gridlock many free agent negotiations.
—Ronald Blum, courant.com, 24 Oct. 2021
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Noun
If either future president presides over a divided Congress, expect epic gridlock and dysfunction in Washington.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
In an election with historic political division, Osborn is marketing himself as a candidate with no allegiance to either party, often expressing his grievances over partisan gridlocks and ineffectiveness on Capitol Hill.
—Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
Thus, his paean to gridlock — we’re saved!
—Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
Management’s proposal called for the threshold to be dropped to $180 million, another factor that may gridlock many free agent negotiations.
—Ronald Blum, courant.com, 24 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gridlock
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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 nature is pretty cool My ship’s route from the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean was a beautiful one, filled with islands ringed in red-earthed cliffs and dark, forested riversides.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Huts fill up fast, so check each property’s for pricing and availability.Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Casemiro broke the deadlock minutes after the half-hour mark, heading home from a Luke Shaw freekick.Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Johnson broke a 23-23 deadlock to make Chicago the largest American city to call for a cease-fire.Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Pair with a bottle of wine or corked beverage of choice for an even more elevated gift.Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
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Peppers with smooth skins will be less hot than peppers that display corking.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 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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For his big plan, Yu can use them along with geographic information system (GIS) and satellite imagery to track China’s landscape changes as urbanization spreads, as estuaries and deltas silt up, as water starts to move differently across landscapes and cityscapes.Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
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All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.Walker Mimms, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
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Unemployment Las Vegas came to a complete standstill during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving thousands out of work.Paula Ramon, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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With Butler and the Heat at a standstill, his camp appears to be playing the media game to begin building leverage ahead of free agency next offseason.Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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These populist leaders have taken their election victories as mandates to pack the judiciary, shackle the press, cow the business community, silence and prosecute critics, and assert political dominance over the civil service, prosecutors, tax authorities, the security apparatus, and the military.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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To pack that much into such a small space is a complication in itself.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Gridlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gridlock. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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