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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stalemate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
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Examples
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In this game, two players take turns accumulating points by capturing tokens while avoiding being "stalemated".
GnomeFiles.org 2010
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In this game, two players take turns accumulating points by capturing tokens while avoiding being "stalemated".
GnomeFiles.org 2010
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan offered a grim view Wednesday of military efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have "stalemated" U.S. and allied forces.
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General David McKiernan [US Commander in Afghanistan] recently described the war in Afghanistan as "stalemated" particularly in the Southern parts of the country.
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Super-majority politics empower ideological extremists and lead to stalemated policy and inaction.
Darrell West: Five Governance Problems That Contributed to the U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade Darrell West 2011
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But there was no 'emergancy' so spending did not increase to any serious degree because the gov't stalemated.
Economists as Heretics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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For more than a century, since Francis Galton first started speculating about the similarities of twins, nature-nurture was a war with a stalemated front and intelligence was its Verdun—the most hotly contested and costly battle.
A Truce in the War Over Smarts and Genes Matt Ridley 2011
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To American eyes he was indistinguishable from any other middle-aged peasant, and American efforts to catch him—such as orders to “arrest every fat Filipino of about forty years and hold until identification is proven”—were unsuccessful.7 Throughout 1900, Malvar and his partisans stalemated American efforts to pacify Batangas and impose colonial government.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The vampires and Cedar Creek are stalemated, but that doesn't stop the Sheriff from taking his revenge.
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From a humanitarian perspective, Western involvement has stalemated the struggle as Libya barrels down the path towards protracted civil war.
Michael Hughes: US on Wrong Side of History in Arab Spring Michael Hughes 2011
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