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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.

• deadlock
• dead end
• impasse
• standstill

News & Articles

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• Stalemate in quest to save Point of the Mountain
  People who use the Point of the Mountain as a recreational haven for paragliding and hang gliding have reached a stalemate with state and local officials.
  June 15, 2013 - KSL Salt Lake City
• Citing budget stalemate, Inslee sends Larsen to Paris Air Show
  The state budget stalemate in Olympia has forced Gov. Jay Inslee to cancel his upcoming trip the Paris Air show, where he was to lead a group of four dozen private executives and public officials on an aviation trade mission.
  June 14, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Solana Beach City Council stalemate means no private party rentals at Fletcher Cove Community Center for now
  The Solana Beach City Council debated to a stalemate at its meeting on Wednesday, June 12, over a controversial proposal to rent out the city’s refurbished Fletcher Cove Community Center for private parties.
  June 13, 2013 - Del Mar Times

Quotes

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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...