as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
battled each other to a standstill
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Recent Examples of standstill
While lawsuits in the US largely came to a standstill, cases in the European Union progressed well for Epic, with the publisher successfully arguing that third-party app stores should be allowed to exist on iOS, something that has since been allowed in the EU.
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The tariff dispute brought nearly $600 billion in two-way trade to a standstill, disrupting supply chains, sparking fears of stagflation and triggering some layoffs.
—Emma Farge, USA Today, 12 May 2025
More than a year after the two strikes that brought the U.S. film and TV business to a standstill, production has not returned in force to L.A.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
The strikes occurred as two ships were unloading their cargo, with traffic at the port at a complete standstill, a worker at the port said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 May 2025
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The tariff dispute brought nearly $600 billion in two-way trade to a standstill, disrupting supply chains, sparking fears of stagflation and triggering some layoffs.
—Emma Farge, USA Today, 12 May 2025
More than a year after the two strikes that brought the U.S. film and TV business to a standstill, production has not returned in force to L.A.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
The strikes occurred as two ships were unloading their cargo, with traffic at the port at a complete standstill, a worker at the port said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standstill
halt
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That was after the pandemic lockdown brought concerts — and much of the world — shuddering to a halt in 2020 and much of 2021 (and before the COVID resurgence that followed).—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Finding that the 1977 law Trump invoked to impose his sweeping tariffs does not actually give him the power to do so, the court ordered a permanent halt to the duties and barred any future modifications.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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“Standstill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standstill. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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