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Stalemate

noun

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill.

Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.

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"Stalemate" Quotes from Famous Books

... and then Muttnik.... When—? Twenty-five years ago. We got up our answers a little later. There were a couple of spectacular crashes on the moon, then that space station that didn't stay in orbit, after that—stalemate. In the past quarter century we've had no voyages into space, nothing that was prophesied. Too many bugs, too many costly failures. Finally we began to get hints of something big, bigger than any ...

— The Time Traders • Andre Norton

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Words linked to "Stalemate" : tie, move, chess, situation, go, draw, chess game, standoff, standstill