stalemate
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/
:
punto muerto
- During the debate, both sides found themselves in a stalemate with no agreements reached.
- reach a stalemate
- break the stalemate
- end the stalemate
Second best strategy is a stalemate, nobody wins.
- Second best strategy is a stalemate, nobody wins.
- We could well see if unfortunately this ends in a stalemate for the time being.
- I mean, so much of this is about people having sat in my office for years on end to talk about the stalemates, the gridlocks.
- Japan invades and occupies Russian Outer Manchuria during the war, but the war almost bankrupts Japan and as stalemate threatens, they sue for peace.
- Interesting to see defenses on relatively new fronts being built up to match those of the long stalemate on the Western Front, where small attacks continued this week.
- So it starts off as a stalemate, and then Ryan Day gets CJ Stroud's attention last second because he sees what we're in.
- So when we find ourselves at that level of a stalemate of that inability to move past this issue, then we have to accept it for what it is.
- But you talk about having some sort of not, not a stalemate, but Putin effectively takes this land, changes the narrative as you lay out.
- I mean, if, you know, we're a little bit of a stalemate here.
Examples
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The United States and China have reached a virtual stalemate on each of their traditional agenda items.
Academic text (1999) -
The local population fighting on many fronts made fierce and resolute resistance to the invaders, thus bringing the war to a stalemate.
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There is a stalemate between the two forces.
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And it looks like we have a stalemate, a draw.
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Despite recent efforts by both U.S. and Chinese leaders to move beyond the current stalemate, little has been achieved.
Academic text (1999) -
The military situation is, in effect, a stalemate and has been since 1983.
Academic text (1991) -
The Korean War might have settled the issue, but it ended in stalemate.
Academic text (1999) -
As I see it now, there's a stalemate on how to go about it.
Academic text (1992) -
Negotiators have reached a stalemate, and the situation right now is tense.
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Frankly, everybody's tired of this stalemate.
Synonyms
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3.6
A situation where no further progress or solution is possible
90
6.2
A time when two opposing groups face each other and neither moves
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5.5
A situation in which opposing parties block decisions so nothing gets done
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8.1
A situation where people cannot agree and nothing can move forward
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3.5
A time when movement or activity stops completely
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5.8
A situation where people cannot move forward because both sides refuse to agree
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6.3
In a situation where people cannot agree and nothing moves forward
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6.3
A situation in which no side can win or gain an advantage
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Etymology
Stalemate comes from chess and combines stall ('to stop') and mate (as in 'checkmate', to make an opponent helpless). So a stalemate is a stopped situation where no one can win or make progress.