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Recent Examples of deadlocked
The images, first published by TMZ, show Garcia at a casino on Sunday as Congress remains deadlocked over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Diverse passengers aboard the Crescent embody contemporary America, reminding readers that citizens adapt and persist even as federal leaders remain deadlocked.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
And the shutdown remains deadlocked in Washington.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Then the small breakthrough arrived to move it forward out of the deadlocked committee ahead of a key deadline this week.
—Beret Leone, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Congress remains deadlocked over approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
As lawmakers remain deadlocked over Department of Homeland Security funding, this time over a broader immigration debate, more than 61,000 employees are affected.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Guarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Luka Doncic on the last possession of a deadlocked game is one of the most unenviable tasks in any professional sports league.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The second-division USL Championship season began Friday night with a minute-long pause, a sign of protest by players as contract negotiations remain deadlocked and a potential strike lingers.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Diverse passengers aboard the Crescent embody contemporary America, reminding readers that citizens adapt and persist even as federal leaders remain deadlocked.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
And the shutdown remains deadlocked in Washington.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Then the small breakthrough arrived to move it forward out of the deadlocked committee ahead of a key deadline this week.
—Beret Leone, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Congress remains deadlocked over approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the TSA.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
As lawmakers remain deadlocked over Department of Homeland Security funding, this time over a broader immigration debate, more than 61,000 employees are affected.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
Guarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Luka Doncic on the last possession of a deadlocked game is one of the most unenviable tasks in any professional sports league.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The second-division USL Championship season began Friday night with a minute-long pause, a sign of protest by players as contract negotiations remain deadlocked and a potential strike lingers.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlocked
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The alternatives Disney now points to are, for my family, technically and medically unworkable and, in many cases, dangerous.—
Kelsey Maurine Brickl,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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California’s leaders have, at long last, passed legislation free of the requirements that rendered previous bills unworkable.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As modeled by the bureau, if critically dry years continue, Powell and Mead will more often fall so low that their hydropower plants will become unusable, impacting power availability for more than 1 million people.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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But the rocket's second stage put the payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, in an unusable orbit, officials said.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Alpenblow also says its inflator is ineffective for stoking a fire due to the non-laminar airflow, whereas Nitecore advertises fire stoking as another use for the AP01.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2026
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The candidates also debated leadership and experience, with Abraham criticizing Foster and calling him an ineffective leader who ignores constituents and doesn’t give the district a strong voice at City Hall.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Social services are borderline useless.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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Still, old soil isn’t exactly useless.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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Others get more personal, as when Anushka (Meaghan Rath), the ineffectual chief ethicist at a Google-like giant, and her oddball inventor husband, Martin (Simon Helberg), butt heads over her skepticism of his work.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
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That organization still exists (and its leaders attended the London meeting), but many of the original participants dropped out of it because of differences over tactics and strategy, and the group that remains is small and ineffectual.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Companies won’t need whole teams to coordinate in clunky, unproductive meetings; one AI with a few humans will get the job done cheaper and faster.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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This distortion creates a dynamic that blurs the line between authority figure and peer ally, which is unhealthy, unproductive and simply not the role of public schools.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Unlike brewer's yeast, which is activated, nutritional yeast is a deactivated or inactive strain of the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2026
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While the total number of accounts across platforms is unknown, Inman Grant said the number of deactivated or restricted accounts was encouraging.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Pruning also thins nonproductive stems, allowing light to reach the interior of the tree and ripen the fruit.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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The key is refusing to engage in circular or baiting conversations, instead setting boundaries and exiting nonproductive conversations.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Deadlocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlocked. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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