standstill
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"The race is tied but not at a standstill: the final week will determine where the voters who can still be swayed will go," Felipe Nunes, director of the Quaest polling institute, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
They said that adding the support staff - who run IT, security, catering and cleaning as well as the library and student welfare - would bring the campus and the university to an effective standstill.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Home sales are already in a slump, and rising mortgage rates will likely bring things to a standstill.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The carriages then begin moving again, but within seconds, they can be seen slowly rolling back and forth, before coming to a standstill.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
After what felt like half an hour but might have been less, Yao cut the engine and paddled us to a standstill.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
They are noteworthy for their enormous scale, geometric precision and astronomical breadth and accuracy, such as encoding all eight lunar standstills over an 18.6-year cycle.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 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
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