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Recent Examples of deadlocked
The federal government shut down on Wednesday after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a funding deal to keep the lights on.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
How the shutdown might affect the immigration system With less than 12 hours to go, Congress remains deadlocked over a funding deal, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The deadlocked charge and enhancement were set for a retrial on July 15, but the prosecution and defense reached an agreement ahead of the trial, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released in the early hours of Friday failed to meet their expectations.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
How the shutdown might affect the immigration system With less than 12 hours to go, Congress remains deadlocked over a funding deal, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The deadlocked charge and enhancement were set for a retrial on July 15, but the prosecution and defense reached an agreement ahead of the trial, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released in the early hours of Friday failed to meet their expectations.
—Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlocked
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So, yes, as unworkable as this plan might seem for the Palestinian group, a Hamas assent is entirely plausible.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company said extended costs and litigation have made the deal unworkable.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Prosecutors cited unusable breathalyzer evidence and Pennington's good behavior on probation as reasons for the withdrawal.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said later on Tuesday that a key oxygen station at the Al-Quds Hospital was struck by Israeli gunfire and was rendered unusable.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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In January 2010, a five-day hearing was held in the circuit court to hear testimony about Dassey's motion, much of which focused on evidence that his confession was coerced and that his trial counsel was ineffective.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The sheer paucity of Russian resources, after three and a half years of war, may lead to a similarly ineffective response to any use of Tomahawks.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But having 10 power play opportunities also made the game somewhat useless.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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With her charger useless and the screen showing a dangerously low percentage, the reality sank in.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As Florida has become increasingly dominated by Republicans, the state Democratic Party has been weakened by infighting and largely ineffectual in elections.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The performance goes from fiery to ineffectual as DiCaprio’s character, Bob, loses his youthful rebelliousness in a haze of pot and resignation.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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On many of Seattle’s other unproductive runs, the operation just looks out of sync.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, Pribula often looked unsure of himself in the pocket, which led to unproductive passing plays.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Buoyed by the early promise of its Dravet therapeutic, the company developed a second drug candidate, STK-002, that similarly targets splicing to turn nonproductive gene transcripts into constructive ones.—
Elie Dolgin,
Discover Magazine,
26 Apr. 2023
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“Deadlocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlocked. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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