stalemate|stalemates in English

noun

[stale·mate || 'steɪlmeɪt]

situation in which neither player can move (Chess); deadlock, standstill, draw

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1. We can't afford a stalemate.

2. No more stalemate.

3. All this has produced a dangerous stalemate.

4. By February the crisis has reached stalemate.

5. But the talks themselves were a virtual stalemate.

6. By then, the war had again reached stalemate.

7. Congress remains in a stalemate over the federal budget.

8. But at least the stalemate had been been broken.

9. The proposal was aimed at ending the stalemate between environmentalist and business groups.

10. Don't the saints, loosely construed, help everyone refresh their minds and hearts away from stalemates and from frigid cliche?

11. Both sides tried to break the stalemate using scientific and technological advances.

12. Despite long discussions, the workers and the management remain locked in stalemate.

13. The stalemate allowed Pyongyang to temporize untiltheendofthe Bush administration and set up a new roundofprovocation.

14. Edward Bruce, Robert's brother, was laying siege to the castle, but there was a stalemate.

15. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate.

16. Only when they have reached stalemate with the bank will the ombudsman then consider a claim.

17. That same year, the 100-member House voted for outright repeal, causing a General Assembly stalemate.

18. Traders pointed to the federal budget stalemate and worries the gridlock could continue indefinitely.

19. Before the 8th National Congress, the stalemate between the conservatives and reformers continued.

20. In the summer of 15 some of them tried to break the stalemate.

21. Some of the negotiators, however, said the stalemate over the issue of punitive damages seemed especially intractable.

22. The continued stalemate in the situation and hardening of positions is a matter of concern.

23. Instead, 000 on both sides died in trench warfare; a stalemate led to a truce.

24. The partial government shutdown derived from the budget stalemate will reach three weeks this Friday.

25. The US government recently admitted that it's in a stalemate in its war against ISIS.