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"Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw."
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"ref": "2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes”, in BBC News",
"text": "The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again—not before time.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2024 March 18, Dan Sabbagh, “Volkov attack signals Russia’s return to cold war-era spying in Europe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "But with the war also still largely stalemated, other theatres of conflict have become more important. In Russia’s case, that includes the secret domain.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/"
}
],
"word": "stalemate"
}
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