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  • n  a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
  • n  drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
  • v  subject to a stalemate

  • The House Ways Means Committee last week reached its first stalemate on the 1943 tax bill.
  • Negotiations between Westinghouse and its two striking unions came to a surly stalemate.
  • The real impasse over Viet Nam lies not in the frustrating military situation out there but in the strident stalemate of the debate at home.
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  • Ban Ki-moon in FOXNews
    Given the volatility in the region, as well as a stalemate in interaction among the concerned parties, such a launch is not conducive to efforts to promote dialogue, regional peace and stability,Ban said in a statement from Paris.
  • Brett Favre in Sports Network
    We're at a stalemate,Favre told the Web site.
  • George Burley in ESPN
    It was a stalemate in the first half and I thought we stepped it up in the second half, changed the system and put them under pressure,Burley said. "We had some good opportunities, and if we had got the first goal then we would have won...

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