stalemated
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- v subject to a stalemate
- s at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
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- And this crisis has been a bad one: on July 2, as the talks stalemated, California began issuing IOUs to its creditors.
- China's Export-Import Bank, for instance, has offered Rio a $20 billion loan if the deal (which is stalemated) goes through.
- This year, Congress has repeatedly found itself stalemated over the renewal of renewable credits.