A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
A street with only one way in or out.
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Examples for "standstill "
Examples for "standstill "
1 Thousands were forced to take their cars, bringing roads to a standstill .
2 Hezbollah battled Israel to a standstill in the 2006 Lebanon border war.
3 Neighbourhoods were head-deep in water and public transport came to a standstill .
4 I knew what to expect; everything ground to a standstill within seconds.
5 In Croatia, flooding brought traffic to a standstill in several coastal towns.
1 So months of political deadlock are likely no matter what the result.
2 Sheyko said the music industry was in deadlock because of the situation.
3 However, differences over issues such as governance and regulation have created deadlock .
4 This level of demand injection would help break the current economic deadlock .
5 Paquette's goal broke the scoreless deadlock 12 minutes into the second period.
1 Referring to the conflict, he said: It's certainly moving toward a stalemate .
2 I'm worried the situation will result in a squalid kind of stalemate .
3 Sources close to the two parties said however, that the stalemate remained.
4 It may take a crisis before we can break the political stalemate .
5 The items - each merely a few words - hold us stalemate .
1 As far as Richard could remember, Hanway Place was a dead end .
2 But, in more recent years, it has run into a dead end .
3 And for my purposes, I'm afraid geothermal energy is a dead end .
4 I was wrong in thinking that the Bridge was a dead end .
5 Women's studies courses, which encourage resentful, separatist thinking, are a dead end .
1 The answer to that question would go far to solving this impasse .
2 Non-essential government work has been halted until the budget impasse is resolved.
3 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the impasse as unprecedented and extremely serious.
4 Hancock also said ousting May would not help resolve the current impasse .
5 Pennsylvania schools taking out more loans amid state budget impasse HARRISBURG, Penn.
6 Last month Mr O'Brien publicly rejected IN&M's proposals to break the impasse .
7 They have therefore withdrawn to discuss the impasse with their respective leaders.
8 State TV announced on a news bulletin that the impasse was over.
9 And let us then resolve to find a way through this impasse .
10 There has been an impasse in recent months, as you all know.
11 The onus was, however, on Mr Tony Blair to overcome the impasse .
12 More real concern focuses on the continuing impasse in the trade talks.
13 The negotiations in Brussels on Brexit seem to have reached an impasse .
14 That has led to an impasse on the council, Western envoys say.
15 In case there is an impasse , the moderator will be on call.
16 He rejected Raul Castro's offers to negotiate an end to the impasse .
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