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Meanings of stalemate in English

Portuguese
impasse
Catalan
punt mort
Spanish
punto muerto

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.

        impasse
        Russian
        пат
        Portuguese
        empate por afogamento
        Spanish
        rey ahogado
        Catalan
        ofegat

        Situation in Chess where no legal move can be done.

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                Usage of stalemate in English
                1
                Referring to the conflict, he said: It's certainly moving toward a stalemate.
                Reuters
                2
                I'm worried the situation will result in a squalid kind of stalemate.
                The Naked God
                3
                Sources close to the two parties said however, that the stalemate remained.
                The Irish Times
                4
                It may take a crisis before we can break the political stalemate.
                Reuters
                5
                The items - each merely a few words - hold us stalemate.
                The new yorker
                6
                The stalemate cost Chelsea the chance to go above Arsenal into second.
                The Irish Times
                7
                Today, Congress is back in session, but remains locked in partisan stalemate.
                BBC
                8
                Winning the CFDT's support is key to the government ending the stalemate.
                Radio NZ
                9
                There's one way around that stalemate: declare an amnesty for financial misdeeds.
                Reuters
                10
                Many fear a third election will be called if the stalemate continues.
                The Guardian
                11
                In Hungary, hundreds of refugees are locked in a stalemate with authorities.
                BBC
                12
                It was the Indomitable Lions' second goalless stalemate in as many matches.
                The South African
                13
                Instead Zimbabwe has sunk deeper into crisis as the stalemate drags on.
                Reuters
                14
                Both sides in the stalemate left open the door to further negotiations.
                Reuters
                15
                They'd been involved in this dance, this harmful stalemate, for too long.
                All the sad young literary men
                16
                Days later, talks hit a stalemate and have progressed only intermittently since.
                Reuters
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                Russian
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                Stalemate through the time
                Stalemate across language varieties
                South Africa
                Common
                Ireland
                Common
                United States of America
                Less common
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