stalling

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Stalling economic growth would make it tougher for companies to hit earnings targets.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Stalling to the west of the UK, it allowed a northerly flow of air to come down across central and eastern parts.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

Stalling growth during the first half means "the likelihood of a couple of quarters with slightly negative growth is roughly the same as that of a couple of quarters with slightly positive growth," it said.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

In Chamber Symphony No. 1, Adams connected the dots between the “hyperactive, acrobatic” scores by expressionist composer Arnold Schönberg and those that Carl Stalling wrote for classic cartoons.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2016

Sometimes he would get First Blood, but just as often she would fiddle around for an Opening and then Zowie!—right on the Conk and him Stalling to escape further Punishment.

From Knocking the Neighbors by Ade, George