stalemate

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For those of us with some hold on reality, a stalemate was the only feasible result when West Indies took the field needing to claim 10 England wickets on a pitch which had yielded just 15 over four days.

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  1. noun A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock.
  2. noun A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move.
  3. transitive verb To bring into a stalemate.

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  • For those of us with some hold on reality, a stalemate was the only feasible result when West Indies took the field needing to claim 10 England wickets on a pitch which had yielded just 15 over four days. —  ECB Latest News
  • Only two wickets were down by the time the deficit was erased just before the half-way point of the day when it was evident the match would end up as a stalemate, and there was no surprise England finished on 279 for two.
  • The goal that ended the stalemate was a lightning breakaway led by Jamie Forrester who, after a surging run, picked out Forte, who swept the ball passed the advancing Rhys Evans. —  Football.co.uk news feed
  • At the heart of the stalemate are the rival aspirations of Dutch and French-speakers. —  Gates of Vienna
  • The crucial issue behind the stalemate is the question of who will control Kirkuk -- an oil-rich northern city that Iraqi Kurds are attempting to bring under their control. —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
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  1. Obsolete stale (from Middle English, probably from Anglo-Norman estale, fixed position, from Old French estal; see stale1) + mate2.

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  1. Prob. from stale (but the first element is doubtful) + mate.
  2. from stalemate, n.
 

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