Example Sentences

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While the shadow of the stalemated war with Iran looms over the market, Wall Street has been booming, thanks largely to tech stocks.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

Also, 17 of the 19 Tests were drawn, including three consecutive stalemated series.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

That’s a rare advance in a stalemated Congress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Like all of his predecessors, his top campaign priority was to revive stalemated peace talks with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that has been a source or instability in the eastern Mediterranean for decades.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

The reasoning was this: I simply could not stand what I had become—stale, perhaps, or stalemated by what appeared to be my faltering body.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen