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as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial
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2
as in to die
to stop functioning
the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside
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as in delay
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Recent Examples of stall
Hans Nichols, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
If work projects stall or miscommunications pop up with colleagues, breathe through it.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2025
Boldy flips his helmet upside down in his locker stall.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Verb
One of the top reasons the top-line talks have stalled is because discussions with Republicans about adding language for guardrails around Trump and Musk to the funding deal have hit a dead end.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
If work projects stall or miscommunications pop up with colleagues, breathe through it.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
Photo : Michael Brands The horse stable comes with four stalls.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2025
Boldy flips his helmet upside down in his locker stall.
—Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stall
Verb
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Misinformation campaigns have increasingly targeted clean energy, pushing the idea that solar and wind are unreliable—a line taken up by Citizens for Responsible Solar, a group led by a conservative operative who works to stop solar projects on farmland and timberland.—
Kate Yoder,
WIRED,
1 Mar. 2025
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Don’t stop the agreement that has already brought dozens of hostages back to us.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In Nebraska, two people died after losing control of their vehicle amid Tuesday’s winter weather, according to the state patrol.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Miracle of Gene Hackman Hackman's pacemaker showed that his last event was recorded on Feb. 17, indicating this is likely when the actor died, according to Mendoza.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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Leisure was a fixture at Amazon’s Ring security system’s interactive booth at the CES 2025 tech trade show in Las Vegas, nailing down the narrative that Leisure is the beverage that fuels Silicon Valley.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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His solo booth was the talk of Art Basel Miami in December and he’s just come off of back-to-back shows at MCA Denver and the SCAD in Georgia.—
Michael Slenske,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Mar. 2025
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Although drivers are fully routed around the K Street blocks of the market, drivers are still allowed to proceed east through the intersection of J and 20th streets, where the volume of pedestrians using the crosswalks on J leads to delays for those in cars.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
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The loss of institutional knowledge and potential disruption to services such as delays in veterans’ benefits or Social Security processing could undermine public trust in government efficiency.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In some of the first practical consequences of that rupture, U.S. shipments of weapons and equipment already en-route to Ukraine were halted Monday night, a U.S. defense official told NBC News.—
Artem Grudinin,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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All live-fire exercises in the current drill were halted until the investigation to determine the exact reason for the accident was finished.—
Hakyung Kate Lee,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Surfers watching waves crash at Byron Bay’s Main Beach in Australia on Wednesday.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Hughes then collided with Eichel and crashed into the boards hard.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The oatmeal color looks about right and when Risa picks at it with her trowel, the surrounding black and gray debris falls away, revealing the rough outline of a box’s edge.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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Somebody else felt proud of having taught fellow Redditors how to open a box filled with packing peanuts without making a mess.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The first step is a warning announcement, then a stoppage of play with both teams returning to the locker rooms, and finally cancelling the match.—
Kate Murphy,
Axios,
6 Mar. 2025
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Both teams had chances later in the match – the best falling to Real’s Vinícius Jr. and Luka Modrić in stoppage time – but the tie remains very much in the balance before next week’s return leg at Atleti’s Metropolitano.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stall. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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