| political stalemate | 4.94 | The political stalemate meanwhile remains total. | ||
| current stalemate | 2.37 | How long can the current stalemate last? | ||
| bloody stalemate | 0.99 | It was a bloody stalemate. | ||
| continuing stalemate | 0.86 | He tried to put a positive spin on the continuing stalemate. | ||
| military stalemate | 0.72 | The outcome might then have been a negotiated peace or, at best, a military stalemate, he contends. | ||
| continued stalemate | 0.59 | What it really wants is a continued stalemate between the White House and Capitol Hill. | ||
| diplomatic stalemate | 0.53 | But basically a diplomatic stalemate has prevailed. | ||
| congressional stalemate | 0.46 | For now, at least, it appears that congressional stalemate is likely. | ||
| legislative stalemate | 0.46 | Jones sees a legislative stalemate if Gore gets elected and the Republicans hold onto Congress. | ||
| bitter stalemate | 0.39 | By August, negotiations ground to a bitter stalemate. | ||
| goalless stalemate | 0.39 | But Chelsea and Tottenham fought out a goalless stalemate at Stamford Bridge. | ||
| partisan stalemate | 0.39 | This partisan stalemate was frustrating to insiders but actually quite okay. | ||
| prolonged stalemate | 0.39 | The traditional battles have led to prolonged stalemates and enormous costs. | ||
| long stalemate | 0.33 | All sides have settled into what could be a long stalemate. | ||
| nuclear stalemate | 0.33 | What ended with the Cold War was bipolarity, the nuclear stalemate and decades of containment of the Soviet Union. | ||
| recent stalemate | 0.33 | The rate cut came as a surprise in view of the recent stalemate in the budget talks. | ||
| yearlong stalemate | 0.33 | On Wednesday, their prime ministers broke a yearlong stalemate and agreed to try again to resolve their territorial and other disputes. | ||
| latest stalemate | 0.26 | But later there were the first sign of a break in the latest stalemate. | ||
| parliamentary stalemate | 0.26 | The elections have been called one year early after months of parliamentary stalemate. | ||
| protracted stalemate | 0.26 | A protracted stalemate would be unprecedented. |