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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hit a deadlock" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to indicate that two sides are at a stalemate in a negotiation or when they aren't able to make progress on a particular issue. For example: "The two sides have hit a deadlock in their negotiations over the new trade agreement."
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Today's talks brought Odinga and Kibaki to the same table for the first time in a month, after discussions between their parties hit a deadlock earlier in the week.
Away from the accountability front, the government and the TNA have seen their attempted reconciliation talks hit a deadlock for the past two years.
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However, the home side looked far from overawed against top-flight opponents and went close to breaking the deadlock when a low drive from Kevin Byers hit a post a minute later.
They had gone close in the first half when Craig Leitch hit a dipping effort which narrowly went over, while at the other end the Royal Navy came closest to breaking the deadlock when Ben Chambers' powerful effort hit the bar.
When the Iraqis hit a snag around midnight on Feb. 29, the deadline they had set for themselves, Mr. Bremer proved decisive in breaking the deadlock.
Forestieri hit a superb curling effort just wide of the far upright before he scored but it was the Terriers who broke the deadlock, and in some style too.
Here, however, we seem to reach a deadlock.
But the hope is that the major powers hit deadlock over their own favourites and find themselves unable to resist a genuinely popular choice thrown up by the general assembly.
Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna, 31, now seems certain to leave Emirates Stadium this summer after contract talks again hit deadlock.
But bringing the two together for now has hit deadlock.
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