stalemates in English
noun
1
a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check.
The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win.
verb
1
bring to or cause to reach stalemate.
the currently stalemated peace talks
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1. Don't the saints, loosely construed, help everyone refresh their minds and hearts away from stalemates and from frigid cliche?