impasses

plural of impasse

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Noun
  • The dilemmas of post-revolutionary life—in particular, the gap between fulsome propaganda and flawed realities—were efficiently captured, as usual, in the popular genre known as the anekdot.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In the plot, a fictional president of Italy faces moral and ethical dilemmas.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Netanyahu once shunned long wars and ground operations, aware of the cost and political capital that resulted in indecisive conclusions or stalemates.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pakistan Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said his nation was hoping for more of a consensus going into Tuesday’s vote given the funding predicaments and operational issues that have dogged the MSS.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Is River in desperate need of some R&R, or is everyone else projecting their own predicaments onto him?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Once they've been opened, a jar of pickles is good for about six months.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Be ready to eat a lot of pickles or give them out to grateful family and friends.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The city has also removed 50 logjams from the Rouge River, Hammoud said.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Divers planned to search Icicle Creek to reach areas where logjams had previously barred dive teams, while other investigators conducted a grid search in a quarter-mile radius around the campground, officials said.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Another tool combines a Phillips and flathead screwdriver (via a flippable bit), a tungsten steel automotive glass-breaking stud, a nail puller, a rope cutter, plus 5- and 7-mm hex wrench holes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Inside you’ll find fruit jams and pastes from tangy pineapple and strawberry to pumpkin, fig or even custard.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No hot water baths or pressure canning, the technique uses modern day refrigerators and freezers to store small batches of homemade jams, condiments and spreads, plus chutneys, pickles, relishes and ketchups.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
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