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“Why would anyone want to do this to that current road with the current traffic flow issues, which is at a standstill during rush hour?” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Diplomatic efforts to end the war are at a standstill.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s futuristic megaproject Neom has come to a standstill, as the extraordinary costs of the planned city have collided with financial reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

But the combined weight of the Covid pandemic, China's spiralling property slump and constricted borrowing limits for its citizens have sunk those sky-high ambitions, and all but ground the project to a standstill.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

In Norfolk, middies held hands and formed a human chain, dancing around cars like kindergartners, madly encircling the standstill traffic.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

After a summer of standstills, some relief may finally be on the way for traffic-weary visitors to Yosemite National Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Measures could include debt standstills and sharing World Bank-I.M.F. debt sustainability analysis with all creditor nations simultaneously.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Washington would also support temporary debt service standstills for countries that needed debt relief and sought help under the G20 Common Framework adopted in late 2020, she said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022

The newly-released transcript also features an interview with Rosen in which Weinsheimer again brings the proceedings to several standstills.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2021

Her brain stammered; seemed to fly loose; came to sudden standstills.

From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy