Examples of impasse in a Sentence

The players are poised to strike after Thursday's games because they believe, with good reason, that if no agreement is reached by the end of the post-season, the owners will declare an impasse … — Murray Chass, New York Times, 9 Aug. 1994 We seem to have been forced into an impasse. We need to understand why space-time singularities have the structures that they appear to have; but space-time singularities are regions where our understanding of physics has reached its limits. — Roger Penrose, The Emperor's New Mind, 1989 I think the civil rights movement in its early and middle years offered the best way out of America's racial impasse: in this society, race must not be a source of advantage or disadvantage for anyone. — Shelby Steele, Harper's, June 1988 An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse. She had reached an impasse in her career.

Recent Examples on the Web The law could lead to substantial costs for thousands of condo owners across Florida, which initially led to an impasse among lawmakers who ended the regular session of the Legislature in March without passing any changes to state law. — Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, 24 June 2022 But infighting among Democrats and their allies have led to the current impasse in D.C. on marijuana policy reform. — Kris Krane, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 In a series of events that prefaced the current Florida impasse, Ed Bastian, the C.E.O. of Delta Air Lines, one of the largest employers in Georgia, eventually denounced the law as contrary to the company’s values. — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Late Saturday night, with the two political factions at an impasse, the country’s powerful intelligence chief met with Mr. Khan. — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022 The impasse, even as talks are expected to continue, marks the clearest sign yet that Democrats will be forced to delay a Senate vote until at least 2022 despite an effort by leadership to approve the bill before Christmas. — Clare Foran, Manu Raju And Phil Mattingly, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021 Hence the impasse, and the lack of action. Is there anything else that can be done? — David Faris, The Week, 5 Oct. 2021 That night, the School Committee declared an impasse after nearly nine hours of talks; another attempt late Sunday afternoon was futile. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022 The White House, which has the authority to intervene if talks reach an impasse, is also viewed as friendly to labor. — Paul Berger, WSJ, 8 May 2022 See More

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