Sentence examples for because of stalemate from inspiring English sources

Some positions are draws because of stalemate or the unavoidable loss of the queen.

The N.B.A. is almost certain to lock out its players next week because of a stalemate on a new labor deal.

When I asked Govan if he left Dia because of the stalemate over the New York City project, he said no.

Libya has broken in to two halves and this partition might go on for a long time because of the stalemate in the fighting.

And in some cases, the state lawmakers say, they have felt compelled to act because of the stalemate in Washington on legislation to strengthen privacy laws.

Because of a stalemate over a clause in their contract, the officers have not had a pay raise in almost five years.

Because of a stalemate between the White House and Senate Democrats, it has just two of the four required commissioners, meaning that it cannot conduct business.

Harry S. Truman was so unpopular in 1952 because of the stalemate in Korea that he might not have won his party's nomination.

Indeed, the Fed increasingly seems locked into its current plan — neither less nor more — in part because the economic recovery remains tentative and in part because of a stalemate between advocates of less and more.

Head Start, the government-financed program that provides meals, medical screenings and preschool training for nearly a million children from low-income families, has been facing severe shortages because of the stalemate over federal funding in Washington.

Though the federal government was originally eager to get the rest of Governors Island off its books by Oct. 1, the end of the fiscal year, pressure to complete the transfer has been eased because of the stalemate over the federal budget.