Sentence examples for talks foundered from inspiring English sources

But those talks foundered.

The talks foundered around Thanksgiving.

The talks foundered over several fundamental issues, this official said.

The Copenhagen talks foundered mainly on disagreements between rich and poor countries.

Intel and the F.T.C. tried to reach a settlement, but those talks foundered in recent days.

Coalition talks foundered when Harmony's leaders proved unwilling to say publicly that Latvia was "occupied" in the Soviet era.

Sebastien Godinot, an economist with WWF-Europe, said there was a high risk of the talks foundering on the recalcitrance of Australia, Japan and Korea.

In the past, talks — or, more accurately, talks about talks — have foundered over preconditions that each side has set: for the Taliban, that the Americans must first withdraw; for the Afghan government, that the Taliban must first disarm.

If talks founder, the two must to continue bargaining with the aid of a federal mediator.

In Cancún's acrimonious aftermath, the Bush administration appeared content to let the talks founder.

If such talks founder on intransigence by Yugoslavia's President Slobodan Milosevic, NATO could then bomb his army.