Outside, the battle between water and mud has reached an impasse.
The bargain reached an impasse on the very first issue.
Talks among the parties to form a new government have reached an impasse.
If they have reached an impasse in their young relationship, neither would say so Thursday.
But a meeting between the two sides on Thursday night reached an impasse.
By the start of the 1962-1963 season, the show was reaching an impasse.
On 25 July the situation seemed to have reached an impasse.
But what I want to say about it is sometimes, as a couple, you reach an impasse.
Already, however, we have reached an impasse, and not just in Turkey.
Once again they'd reached an impasse, but in truth it really didn't matter.