stand still
Example Sentences
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With these falling token prices, Kedrosky calculates that frontier model companies must achieve 400% annual unit growth “just to stand still financially,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"In just three years, councils will need around 25 per cent more money simply to stand still," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"If we hang back and stand still this will just run right over the top of us," he said in the speech at the University of Sydney.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Spielberg believes the Earth can stand still again, and that this time, we can get it right.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
After years in which life seemed to stand still behind the Iron Curtain, communist East Germany unraveled with breathtaking speed.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
