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- verb Present participle of
deadlock .
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Examples
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Is it there belief by deadlocking congress our country will get better?
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After deadlocking the jury, she returns as the defendant's attorney when the case is retried.
TV highlights Post 2010
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And Congress has adjourned after deadlocking on the auto bailout.
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After deadlocking, the Federal Trade Commission in 1993 surrendered jurisdiction over Microsoft to the Justice Department.
American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009
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The jury that heard the Russo case — listening to evidence pointing to Russo as the triggerman — took two days to find him guilty, nearly deadlocking.
Christopher Ketcham on Doreen Giuliano's Quest for Justice Ketcham, Christopher 2009
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Perhaps with less collective hubris the world could come together at meetings like Copenhagen and actually take actions to save the planet instead of deadlocking in pathetic paralysis.
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One of the Democrats returned to his party's fold, deadlocking the Senate at 31-31 and stalling all legislation.
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FEC, which would have to vote to launch an audit, is prone to deadlocking on issues that inordinately impact one party or the other - like approving a messy and high-profile probe of a sitting president.
Never Yet Melted 2008
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December 6, 2005: The jury acquits Al-Arian on eight charges while deadlocking 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal on nine others.
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After years of cooperation and productivity, the Security Council is once again deadlocking.
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling: McCain, Obama on International Diplomacy and Immigration 2008
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