Sentence examples for face stalemate from inspiring English sources

Greece has been trying for more than two months to return almost 900 people to Turkey only to face stalemate, though more than 300 were readmitted to Turkey this week.

The two sides face a stalemate over numerous issues, including pay.

Is the United States facing another stalemate on the other side of the world?

Is the country facing another stalemate on the other side of the world?

America's oldest Asian ally faces political stalemate at the very moment Washington seeks to shore up its influence in the face of China's rise.

With the country now facing a stalemate, the question has become: What next?

"We're facing a stalemate," says a banker-turned-opposition leader in Beida, a conservative religious and tribal centre in the Green Mountain, north-east of Benghazi.

Zimbabwe has faced political stalemate since Mr. Mugabe, 84, held onto the presidency in a June runoff that was widely denounced as a sham.

Stewart believes in a long humanitarian commitment to the country but in a greatly reduced military presence: just ten or twenty thousand troops, so that the Taliban "are at least facing a stalemate," as he recently put it.

As the end of President Lahoud's nine-year period in office approached in late 2007, the Lebanese political process faced a stalemate; the National Assembly's attempt to select a successor was suspended in deadlock by a boycott led by the pro-Syrian opposition, which sought a greater share of political power and prevented the Assembly from achieving the necessary two-thirds quorum.

Today, the Assad government remains the strongest single actor in the conflict, although it has lost a significant amount of territory in the north and east and faces a stalemate against rebels in important areas of the country, including Aleppo and the suburbs of Damascus.