Example Sentences

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The judge also dismissed 10 counts the jury had deadlocked on.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2018

The president’s comments, at a political rally Saturday night in Wheeling, W.Va., came just hours after a North Korean official said talks between the countries had deadlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2018

But there are also those who are certain that Hanse was the darkest of dark horses and was a compromise pick after the panel had deadlocked over support of two other candidates.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 13, 2016

But in March, the month after Justice Scalia died, the court announced that it had deadlocked in the case.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2016

For two months he had deadlocked his party caucus in the election of a United States Senator with hardly more than a dozen legislative votes.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen