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noun ADJ. political VERB + STALEMATE end in, reach, result in The talks reached (a) stalemate. | break Efforts to break the stalemate in the peace talks continue. | be locked in Discussions are locked in stalemate. STALEMATE + VERB continue PREP. ~ between a stalemate between management and unions | ~ in The stalemate in the trade talks continues. | ~ on/over a stalemate over economic union
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no progress
stalemate/deadlock
[ uncountable and countable ] a situation in which no further progress can be made because two groups or organizations cannot find a way to end a disagreement:
• The negotiations ended in deadlock. • At that point the strike appeared to have reached a stalemate. • the year-long political deadlock between the two parties
impasse
[ singular ] formal a situation in which progress has stopped completely, especially because people cannot agree on what to do next:
• The continuing impasse over the budget. • The situation seemed to have reached an impasse.
grind to a halt
to slowly stop making any progress:
• The economy seems to be grinding to a halt. • It was clear that the peace talks had ground to a halt.
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