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  • adjective at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of deadlock.

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  • adjective at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions

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Examples

  • But after 11 years, negotiations remain deadlocked over two words.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • But after 11 years, negotiations remain deadlocked over two words.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • But after 11 years, negotiations remain deadlocked over two words.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • By funding right-wing think tanks and ensuring that they have dominance over the Republican Party, Lukoil (and by extension, Russia) can ensure that the Senate will remain deadlocked on crucial climate change legislation, thus preventing the United States from taking a leadership role in stopping climate change.

    The Russian Plot To Change the Climate | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • If these two candidates are deadlocked, which is what your poll is showing at 47-47 and there's 5 percent undecided.

    CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2004 2004

  • BORGER: So, what you would like, essentially, is if this committee gets deadlocked, which is a possibility to say, here are all the things everyone hates sitting out there, and they will all be triggered and they will occur?

    Crooks and Liars John Amato 2011

  • Horne made big three-point shot with the with 28 seconds left on the game clock and :03 on the shot clock to break a deadlocked game against Providence and then made an even bigger play

    NY Daily News ROGER RUBIN 2011

  • Network Rail will make a fresh attempt to break a deadlocked dispute with its maintenance workers.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • Network Rail will make a fresh attempt to break a deadlocked dispute with its maintenance workers.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • Network Rail will make a fresh attempt to break a deadlocked dispute with its maintenance workers.

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

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